Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
- Medium
- albumen print, montage carte-de-visite
- Dimensions
- Image: 9.2 x 5.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Paper: 10.1 x 6.2 cm (4 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- photograph
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
france
About
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.