Portrait of a lady

Photography

Inventory number
2020.8.28.5.PH.VI.C1860.FR
Author:
Eugène DISDÉRI (French, 1819 – 1889)
Description
Photograph of a woman represented in a photographer's studio sitting in a chair and looking on the left. She is wearing a crinoline gown with repetitive pattern and dark trimming, and a scarf covering her hair.
 
This photograph is typically a "carte de visite" format, format invented by André Adolphe Eugène DISDERI in 1854.
Materials
Analog photography
Cardboard
Origin
circa 1860 France
Dimensions
Length : 6 cm
Height : 10.5 cm