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The White Drawing Room. Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen, by Winterhalter
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
- Institution
- Getty Museum
Photograph of a portrait of Queen Victoria by Franz Xaver Winterhalter. The Queen is depicted as wearing a sumptuous off-the-shoulder dress that is trimmed with lace. Her arms are folded at her wrists, and she holds some flowers in her hand. The painting is shown here as being displayed above a settee in an opulently decorated room. Another painting can also be seen nearby.
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