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Portrait Cartes-de-visite album of Eminent Victorians (Main View (cover))

Camille Silvy

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

The photographs are cartes-de-visite portraits of distinguished Britons sitters of the early 1860s, including members of the royal family, the aristocracy, statesmen, an explorer, and actors. A "modern" assembled album of 199 cartes-de-visit by Erich Sommer.

Details

  • Title: Portrait Cartes-de-visite album of Eminent Victorians (Main View (cover))
  • Creator: Camille Silvy
  • Date Created: about 1860–1862
  • Location Created: England
  • Physical Dimensions: Closed: 31 × 25 × 7 cm (12 3/16 × 9 13/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
  • Type: Album
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 99.XD.16
  • Culture: French
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Camille Silvy (French, 1834 - 1910)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)

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