Erwin HanfstaenglGerman, 1838
Cartes-de-visite
May one see it?
Unknown
Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- Source
- The museum
About the work
Cartomanie was a collecting craze. From 1855 hundreds of thousands of these portraits were annually sold worldwide. People had photographs taken of their loved ones, including their pets, and kept them in an album. Portraits of kings, writers, artists, actors, and statesmen were also collected. Photography was no longer the preserve of the wealthy; farmers and maidservants now also stood before the camera.
Rijksmuseum
Particulars
- Accession number
- RP-F-F15315
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Rijksmuseum
- Image: Rijksmuseum — public domain
