James Howie Junior - Carte de VisiteDating of Photographs |
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Here is an attractive carte de visite from the studio of James Howie Junior. Cartes de visite were small photographs, 3.5 ins x 2.25 ins mounted on trade cards 4.125 ins x 2.5 ins, produced from the 1850s until around 1900. They were usually studio portraits, often of a single figure, though the one below is of a larger group. Photographers often wrote the negative number in pencil on the back, to be used if further copies were required. They numbered their negatives sequentially, so even if a photo does not have a date on the back, a date can sometimes be estimated from details on the backs of other photos from the same studio. |
Carte de Visite
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alistair Crawford, Hastings, New Zealand
© Reproduced with acknowledgement to Alistair Crawford, Hastings, New Zealand
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When was this photograph taken? |
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The image of the carte de visite above was provided by Alistair Crawford, Hastings, New Zealand, who enquired about its date. Thank you to the owner of the author of www.cartedevisite.co.uk web site for supplying the following answer:
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