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Prince Lobkowitz

1858
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Disdéri popularized the system by which eight exposures could be made on one glass negative, printed in a single operation, and then cut and glued to visiting-card-size mounts. By the late 1850s, collecting and exchanging such cartes-de-visite was immensely popular. Although millions of these portraits were produced, this uncut sheet from Disdéri's archive is a rare illustration of the eight-in-one technique, of Second Empire posing, and of the public and private roles of the carte-de-visite. For his series of cartes, Prince Lobkowitz first posed surrounded by studio props in top hat and frock coat, then, in the eighth frame, against a plain backdrop in less formal attire.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Prince Lobkowitz
  • Artist: André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, Paris 1819–1889 Paris)
  • Date: 1858
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from glass negative
  • Dimensions: 20.0 x 23.2 cm (7 7/8 x 9 1/8 in.)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 1995
  • Object Number: 1995.170.1
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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