Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

How cartomania captivated even Queen Victoria

The craze for photographic cartes de visite that swept Victorian Britain was further boosted by the Queen’s own enthusiasm for the format

Carte de visite of Queen Victoria, 1867-9. Photograph by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri. [Getty Images]
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  • Cartomania: Photography & Celebrity in the Nineteenth Century

    Paul Frecker

    September Publishing, pp. 384, £40

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