The Crimson Drawing Room. Portrait of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent

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The Crimson Drawing Room. Portrait of Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent

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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

Photograph of a full-length portrait of Victoria, Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The sitter is depicted as wearing a dark-colored dress and a lace cap, while holding a bunch of flowers to her side. The painting is shown here as being displayed above a settee in an opulently decorated room.

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