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Decamps
Creator
André Adolphe-Eugène DisdériFrench Photographer · 1819–1889
All works by this person →André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, former merchant, actor, and daguerreotypist, patented his invention, the *carte-de-visite* (visiting card) photograph, in 1854. At nine-by-six centimeters, *cartes* were primarily portraits, about the size of a conventional calling card and soon just as popular. Disdéri established his photographic practice with the manufacture of these tiny photographs; he divided a
More on Getty ULAN- Date
- before 1860
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
- Institution
- Getty Museum
- Object ID
- 162ceba6-e65f-42de-b0a7-83776677b322
Portrait of Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps. Decamps is seated and holding a large book open in his lap. His legs are crossed and he is looking down at the book. An easel is placed beside him with a framed picture resting on the ledge.
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