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  West Malvern Mathon Church CDV by Francis Bedford Albumen Print circa 1865
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Make/Author/Artist: Francis Bedford
Details: carte de visite

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Product Code: CDFRNBD1

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West Malvern Mathon Church CDV by Francis Bedford Albumen Print circa 1865

The image depicts St James Church, which was built in the 1840s. A handwritten note on the back gives the date 15 November 1865. Francis Bedford (England, 1816-1894) was a photographer, lithographer, church architect, world traveler, and founding member of the Royal Photographic Society. 419. Ludlow Church, the Townshend Tomb. Reverse features photographer's stamp; Photographed by F. Bedford, Photographer to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales.

This print is on a carte de visite (CDV) and measures approximately 2.4 x 4 inches.

CONDITION: Albumen print, mounted on card (CDV) 62mm x 101mm. In very good condition overall, minor stain right edger. Original, circa mid to late 19th. century.

The carte de visite or CDV (also carte-de-visite) was a type of small photograph which was patented in Paris, France by photographer André Adolphe Eugène Disdéri in 1854. It was usually made of an albumen print, which was a thin paper photograph mounted on a thicker paper card. The size of a carte de visite is 2⅛ × 3½ inches mounted on a card sized 2½ × 4 inches. It was made popular in 1859 in Europe, and from 1860 in the United States. The new invention was so popular it was known as "cardomania" and eventually spread throughout the world.

 Each photograph was the size of a visiting card, and such photograph cards became enormously popular and were traded among friends and visitors. The immense popularity of these card photographs led to the publication and collection of photographs of prominent persons.

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