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The Crimson Drawing Room. Portrait of His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent
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
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- 1867
- Medium
- Albumen silver print
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Photographs
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- Getty Museum
Photograph of a full-length portrait of Edward, Duke of Kent, father of Queen Victoria, by Amédée Faure. The sitter is depicted in his military uniform, looking toward his right. The painting is shown here as being displayed above a settee in an opulently decorated room.
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