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    Carte de vi·site
    /ˌkärt də vēˈzēt/

    noun

    • 1. a small photographic portrait of a person, mounted on a piece of card. historical
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  3. carte-de-visite, originally, a calling card, especially one with a photographic portrait mounted on it. Immensely popular in the mid-19th century, the carte-de-visite was touted by the Parisian portrait photographer André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, who patented the method in 1854. Disdéri used a four- lensed camera, which made eight 3.5 × 2.5 ...

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  4. English Translation of “CARTE DE VISITE” | The official Collins French-English Dictionary online. Over 100,000 English translations of French words and phrases.

  5. The meaning of CARTE DE VISITE is visiting card. a close-trimmed portrait photograph approximately 2¹/₄×3³/₄ in. intended as a substitute for a visiting card

  6. Jun 11, 2017 · By Lisa Robinson. 0. In 1854, a photographer by the name of André Disdéri patented a new take on the collodion process called the Carte-de-Visite (or Carte, for short). Though they could be a singular image, Cartes were often multiple exposures taken onto a single sheet of paper, creating almost a collage effect.

  7. Disderi’s invention, patented in 1854, was known as the carte-de-visite. The name derives from the size of the carte, similar to the contemporaneous visiting card. Folding portfolio containing portraits of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert ©. People could now collect portrait photographs of their favourite individuals, from politicians to ...

  8. The earliest known use of the noun carte-de-visite is in the 1860s. OED's earliest evidence for carte-de-visite is from 1861, in Notes and Queries . carte-de-visite is a borrowing from French.

  9. carte de visite. Avec porte-plume et fentes internes pour cartes de visite ou documents. With pen holder and inserts inside for business cards or documents. Logotype, système d'identité, cartes de visite, affiches. Logotype, identity system, business cards, posters. Edraw a une vaste banque de modèles de cartes de visite ready-made.

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