Fashion Museum – Cartes de visite

Small portrait photographs called cartes de visite were a popular way of having your photograph taken in the later 19th century.

The Fashion Musuem collection includes over 500 cartes de visite from photographers studios throughout the UK, showing men, women and children in their best or most fashionable dress.

Image: a black and white sepia (yellowy) photograph of a smart young gentleman photographed leaning on books on a table in a photographer's studio

Carte de visite from the Museum collection