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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri — Mosaique: The Imperial Court of Napoleon III

André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Mosaique: The Imperial Court of Napoleon III

1866

Pioneering the carte-de-visite montage format, Disdéri created a visual encyclopedia of Napoleon III's court that democratized portraiture while documenting imperial grandeur.

Medium
albumen print, montage carte-de-visite

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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, Mosaique: The Imperial Court of Napoleon III, 1866

Pioneering the carte-de-visite montage format, Disdéri created a visual encyclopedia of Napoleon III's court that democratized portraiture while documenting imperial grandeur.

Medium
albumen print, montage carte-de-visite
Year
1866
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, French, Albumen Print, Montage, Photographic, Historical, Decorative, Portrait, Sepia, Institutional

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