Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
Medium
albumen print, montage carte de visite
Dimensions
image: 9.2 × 5.8 cm · paper: 10.1 × 6.2 cm
Classification
Photograph
Department
Photography
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
John Cook Memorial Fund
Accession Number
2017.12
Tags
male
About this artwork
This montage of France’s military and other leaders is a mosaic carte, a form invented by Disdéri, produced by cutting photographs of hundreds of figures away from their backgrounds, mounting the likenesses on a single sheet, photographing that collage, and printing the result on 6 x 9 cm cards. These entertaining images sold well and were effective advertising for the photographer’s prowess.