The Waterloo Chamber. Portraits of Their Majesties George III, George IV, William IV, and Lord Castlereagh

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The Waterloo Chamber. Portraits of Their Majesties George III, George IV, William IV, and Lord Castlereagh

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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

French Photographer · 1819–1889

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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

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Date: 1867
Medium: Albumen silver print
Culture: French
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

View of a wall lined with four portrait paintings of various kings of the United Kingdom and diplomat. From left to right are full-length portraits of King William IV by David Wilkie, King George III by Thomas Lawrence, King George IV by the studio of Thomas Lawrence, and the half-length portrait of Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, also by Lawrence. Other paintings are also visible nearby.

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