The carte de visite (French: [kaʁt də vizit], English: ' visiting card ', abbr. 'CdV', pl. cartes de visite) was a format of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André …

carte-de-visite, originally, a calling card, especially one with a photographic portrait mounted on it. Immensely popular in the mid-19th century, the carte-de-visite was touted by the Parisian …

The American Antiquarian Society's photograph collection includes an extensive collection of cartes-de-visite. The most popular photographic format in the second half of the nineteenth …

Oct 6, 2023 · The carte de visite format was patented by French photographer André Disdéri in 1854; it was so named because the size was based on a standard visiting card (about 2½ x 4 …

Dec 2, 2025 · Cartes de visite Cartes de visite take their name from French “ calling cards,” which they were supposedly meant to replace. Measuring 4.5 by 2.5 inches, there were the same …

One persistent story, now discredited, said the Emperor Napoleon III was marching the French Army to Italy when he suddenly halted his troops and entered Disderi’s studio to pose in …

Jun 27, 2013 · A carte de visite is a photograph mounted on a piece of card the size of a formal visiting card—hence the name. The format was patented by the French photographer Andre …