Carte de visite
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The carte de visite was a format of small photograph which was patented in Paris by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854, although first used by Louis Dodero.
André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (May–August 1863) Schneider. Uncut, unmounted carte-de-visite albumen silver print from glass negative 18.8 x 24.3 cm (7 3/8 × 9 9/16 in.). Gilman Collection, Gift of The Howard Gilman Foundation, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cartes de visite camera with four lenses. Engraving from D. V. Monckhoven. Traité Général Photographie Comprenant tous les Procédés Connus jusqu'à ce Jour; La Théorie de la Photographie Application aux Sciences d’Observation. 1863
1859 carte de visite of Napoleon III by Disdéri, which popularized the carte-de-visite format
One of the first cartes de visite of Queen Victoria taken by photographer John Jabez Edwin Mayall
Mathew Brady
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Mathew B. Brady was an American photographer. Known as one of the earliest and most famous photographers in American history, he is best known for his scenes of the Civil War. He studied under inventor Samuel Morse, who pioneered the daguerreotype technique in America. Brady opened his own studio in New York City in 1844, and went on to photograph U.S. presidents John Quincy Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Millard Fillmore and Martin Van Buren, among other public figures.
An 1857 portrait of Brady by Charles Loring Elliott
Brady upon his return from the First Battle of Bull Run in Manassas; under his long coat, he is wearing a saber awarded to him by the New York Fire Zouaves.
A U.S. postage stamp of U.S. president Abraham Lincoln based on Brady's portrait photo of Lincoln