Young Girl Holding a Doll, 1868-1870
THF210615 / Young Girl Holding a Doll, 1868-1870
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Artifact Overview
Photographer Rudolph Adelbert Sebastian Mayer created this portrait carte-de-visite in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The carte-de-visite was a small photographic print on cardboard stock made by professional photographers. People exchanged and collected cartes-de-visite, popular in the United States from the Civil War in the 1860s through the 1880s, to help them remember celebrities and family.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
Date Made
1868-1870
Subject Date
1868-1870
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Photography by Rudolph Adelbert Sebastian Mayer for the Rudolph Mayer & Co., Belfast, Ireland.
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2012.0.5.24
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Carbon process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4.125 in
Width: 2.438 in
Inscriptions
Text on center back of carte reads:
RUDOLPH MAYER / ARTISTS / & / PHOTOGRAPHERS / Castle Place / BELFAST
Text printed along back borders reads:
PHOTOGRAPHIC ART ESTABLISHMENT / NEGATIVE IN___ / PORTRAITS IN CARBON- -MAYEROTYPES / PLEASE QUOTE ABOVE NUMBER FOR EXTRA COPIES
Red bordered typed label adhered on back: 3542
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