Portrait of Actress Catherine Lewis, circa 1880
THF210547 / Portrait of Actress Catherine Lewis, circa 1880
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Artifact Overview
Actress and singer Catherine Lewis posed for this carte-de-visite around 1880. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected portrait cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember family and celebrities.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
circa 1880
Subject Date
circa 1880
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.106.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Albumen process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 2.375 in
Inscriptions
Printed below image on front: Catherine Lewis (over)
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