Antique 1870s Carte De Visite With Varmland Rifle Corps Soldier, Traditional Scandinavian Costumes From Sweden, Photo By Eurenius And Quist
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Dimensions: 2.5 x 3.9 inches. All measurements are approximate. Sold Exactly As Pictured. Antique 19th Century Eurenius & Quist, Stockholm Sweden Carte De Visite. 1860s Captain From Varmland Rifle Corps and a soldier from the Jönköping Regiment, both wearing caps equipped with a front plate and plume. Hand Painted Retouched Photograph Portrait Of Military Men In Uniform, CDV Vintage Albumen. A Photograph By Eurenius And Quist. Swedish Photographers Wilhelm Abraham Eurenius (1830-1892) And Peter Ludvig Quist (1833-1924) Founded The Photography Firm Eurenius & Quist In 1858 In Stockholm. Eurenius, Originally An Artist And Engraver, Had Taken Up Photography In The Mid-1850s And Then Caught The Attention Of Aspiring Photographer Quist, Who Had Moved To The Swedish Capital From Malmö In 1856. Their Partnership, One Of The First Professional Studios In Stockholm, Was First Located At Regeringsgatan 18 And Then From 1881 To 1892 At Hamngattan 18. In Its Heyday, Eurenius And Quist Was Also The Official Photographer To The Swedish Royal Family. Inked, Hand Colored.
Condition: Overall good antique condition. Surface Aging and Wear. Sold as pictured.
The Carte De Visite Was A Format Of Small Photograph Popularized In The Mid Of The XIX Century, It Was Patented In Paris By Photographer Andre Adolphe Eugene Disderi In The Year 1854, However The First Recorded Use Of It Was By Louis Doder In The Year 1851. This Type Of Photographs Were Usually An Albumen Print From A Collodion Negative On A Thin Paper Later Glued Onto A Thicker Card. The Reverse Usually Has Printed The Logo, Address And Information Of The Studio Or Artist Creating The Card, However Most Of The Cards Are Just Blank At The Back. The Spread Of This Format Of Photography Art And Social Advertisement Happened Quickly, Having Britain Its First Known Carte De Visite Printed By John Jabez Edwin Mayall By 1860 With A Royal Permission Issued To His Studio. The Impact Of The Carte De Visite In Western Society Was Extraordinary, And We Can Somehow Call This Phenomenon As The Precursor Of Social Media.
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