Bearded minister molded oval CDV Ferguson Prescott ON

A W Ferguson Prescott ON. Oval is embossed [raied].



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Carte de visite: 2 1/2 x 4 1/4" card with paper print mounted. So named because of their similarity in size to visiting or calling cards; in the era before telephones, people simply arrived at your door for a visit or "call", or arrived at a predetermined time arranged by letter. If you were not home, a card was left. Or, when visiting those who employed a butler or other domestic help, your card was presented to that employee of the household, carried by him to the master or mistress of the house, and you were granted an audience or sent away with perhaps a "Madame is indisposed".

Origin on the CDV [carte de visite] Photograph.

Realizing that a market existed for a process that could produce a large number of prints very cheaply, the Parisian photographer, Andre Adolphe Disderi, devised a way of reducing costs by taking several portraits on one photographic plate. This required the use of a special camera and many different types were developed. Some had several lenses, which could be uncovered either individually, or all at the same time to give (usually) 4 or 8 photographs on the same plate. Others had a mechanism for moving the photographic plate so that each image was recorded on a different area.

Because several exposures were made on each plate a number of positive prints could be made at the same time. The negative could be reprinted many times to produce the number of copies required by the sitter. The resulting photographs were mounted onto card. They were called cartes de visite because they were about the size of a visiting card.
Dimensions given, if any, are approximate. Scans large to show any defects. Unseen defects described. Item complete as issued unless otherwise stated. VG condition or better.

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Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

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