Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
mid-1860s
- Medium
- albumen print, montage carte-de-visite
- Dimensions
- 9.2 × 5.8 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-192334
A mosaic was produced by cutting photographs of hundreds of figures away from their backgrounds, mounting the likenesses on a single sheet, photographing that collage, and printing the result on 6 x 9 cm cards. These entertaining images sold well and were effective advertising for the photographer’s prowess. A list identifying each individual accompanied the mosaics, but most of those sheets have been lost.
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, John Cook Memorial Fund, 2017.12
Registry history
- mid-1860s — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — photographs
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