The Round Tower (from the Lower Ward)

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The Round Tower (from the Lower Ward)

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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 the Round Tower of at Windsor Castle, a large, somewhat cylindrical, stone building topped with a parapet and a flag pole. The Tower is located at the top of a motte, or a small artificial hill. Other stone buildings and a pathway can be seen around the Tower.

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