1) French word used in English 2) Portrait photograph
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• A visiting card. • A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
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Portrait photograph, usually full length, but occasionally head and shoulders, mounted on a small card with the photographer's credit on the reverse. The idea was patented by French photographer Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854. He used a special camera containing a number of lenses; several poses could be achieved on a single negative....
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originally, a calling card, especially one with a photographic portrait mounted on it. Immensely popular in the mid-19th century, the carte-de-visite ... [2 related articles]
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Portrait photograph, usually full length, but occasionally head and shoulders, mounted on a small card with the photographer's credit on the reverse. The idea was patented by French photographer Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in 1854. He used a special camera containing a number of lenses; several poses could be achieved on a single negative. Cartes-de-vis …...
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Carte' de vi·site` plural Cartes de visite [ French]
1. A visiting card.
2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.
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