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Cartes-de-visite

Scope note

Use for card photographs on mounts measuring about 4 by 2 1/2 inches. Primarily used for portraits and functioning as calling cards; flourished from the 1860s to the 1880s.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000127141

Broader Terms used

card photographs

Narrower Terms used

cameo prints

Equivalent Terms used

carte-de-visite

Created

13yrs ago

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