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Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
André Adolphe-Eugène Disdérimid-1860s
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This montage of France’s military and other leaders is a mosaic carte, a form invented by Disdéri, produced by cutting photographs of hundreds of figures away from their backgrounds, mounting the likenesses on a single sheet, photographing that collage, and printing the result on 6 x 9 cm cards. These entertaining images sold well and were effective advertising for the photographer’s prowess.
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- Title: Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
- Creator: André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819-1889)
- Date Created: mid-1860s
- Physical Dimensions: Image: 9.2 x 5.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Paper: 10.1 x 6.2 cm (4 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2017.12
- Medium: albumen print, montage carte de visite
- Inscriptions: Imprinted in black ink on recto: “Disdéri. Phot” Written in pencil on recto: “50 Euros” Imprinted in black ink on verso: “DISDERI/PHOTOGRAPHE de S.M. L’EMPEREUR/8, Boulevart des Italiens/PARIS”
- Department: Photography
- Culture: France
- Credit Line: John Cook Memorial Fund
- Collection: PH - French 19th Century
- Accession Number: 2017.12
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