Victorian Cartes-de-Visite

By Robin Wichard

In the early 1860s the craze for collecting carte-de-visite photos was at its peak. Up to 4 hundred million were sold annually. This introduction provides the context of production, the vast range of subjects, explains how to date the images and how to start a collection.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0747804338
• ISBN13: 9780747804338
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.3" x 5.9"