Meaning carte-de-visite
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carte-de-visite


Relationships Broader Term:  card-mounted photographs Abbreviation Of:  CDV Abbreviation:  CDV n. (cartes-de-visite, pl.; CDV, abbr.) ~ A photographic print mounted on cardboard approximately 4½ × 2 i [..]
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carte-de-visite


Refers to small-format photographs affixed to card stock, particularly the card photographs patented by the Parisian photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854 and similar items produced by Mat [..]
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carte-de-visite


portrait photograph on a mount about the size of a postcard. Introduced in 1854, carte-de-visite became a social craze in many countries during the 1860s.
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A card-mounted photograph, roughly the size and shape of a playing card, produced in multiple using a multi-lens camera. Patented by A.A.E. Disdéri in Paris in 1854, cartes-de-visite were largely inte [..]
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