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André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri

Monsieur Merlen

1861
albumen print from wet collodion negative, uncut carte-de-visite proof print

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The carte-de-visite process was so inexpensive, Monsieur Merlen felt he could clown around, riding a child's toy horse in the first two exposures.

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