(André-Adolphe-Eugène, 1819-1889, French Photographer
Unsigned Silver Gelatin Cabinet Photo
showing two young boys in full Highland dress, the smaller one is seated on a chair and the other stands behind him with his hands folded on the back, 6½ x 4½, no place, no date, circa
Disdéri started his photographic career as a Daguerreotypist but gained greater fame for patenting his version of the carte de visite, a small photographic image which was mounted on a card. He was a brilliant showman and made this system of mass-production portraiture world famous.