The dress in this 1864
photograph is even larger than those that featured in cartes de
visite from John Ross' Princes Studio, studio a few years earlier.
Cartes de visite would
normally be ordered by the dozen or half-dozen. Here are two
copies of the same photo, but mounted on differently coloured
backs.
Backs
Please also see the
John Ross
Studio Addresses page to read about the backs of his cartes de visite.
The example here suggests that the colour of printing on the back
of a John Ross carte de visite may not be very helpful in
determining the date of the photograph.
More
Please click on this
link to see more
cartes de
visite by John Ross.