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E. Desmaisons : Original Carte de Visite Photograph - "Francois Schubert"

E. Desmaisons, Paris, France

Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustrated portrait of Francois Schubert. Schubert is shown from the upper-waist and wears a suit and eyeglasses as he looks to the side and holds his hands with one arm resting on the back or side of a chair. Photo tipped in on paper card. No date, circa 1860s-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." Publisher's information printed on back: "E. Desmaisons, Paris, 5 Rue de Grands Augustins." CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few tiny marks, a bump to lower-left corner of tipped-in photo, and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Very Good copy. Original carte de visite portrait photograph of Francois Schubert (1808-1878; ne Franz Anton Schubert, the Younger), a German-French violinist and composer. The carte de visite was a small souvenir photograph that often came in the form of an albumen print which consists of a photo mounted on a paper card. CDVs were commonly traded among collectors like trading cards. Louis Dodero (1824-1902) is credited with inventing the CDV in 1851 although Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi (1819-1889) was the first to patent the CDV in 1854. CDVs were very popular through the 1860s but were soon overtaken by the larger cabinet card in the early 1870s.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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