carte-de-visiten.
A small photographic portrait mounted on a card, 31/ 2 by 21/ 4 inches: so called from the purpose for which they were first proposed.
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high key1849
carte1861
carte-de-visite1861
wedding group1861
vignette1862
studio portrait1869
press photograph1873
cameo-type1874
war picture1883
mug1887
panel1888
snapshot1890
visite1891
fuzz-type1893
stickyback1903
action photograph1904
action picture1904
scenic1913
still1916
passport photo1919
mosaic1920
press photo1923
oblique1925
action shot1927
passport photograph1927
profile shot1928
smudgea1931
glossy1931
photomontage1931
photomural1931
head shot1936
pin-up1943
mug shot1950
wedding photograph1956
wedding photo1966
full-frontal1970
photofit1970
split beaver1972
upskirt1994
selfie2002
1861 Notes & Queries 2nd Ser. XII. 322/2 A carte de visite in old times. In these days of cartes de visite, etc.
1869 Eng. Mech. 17 Dec. 328/2 The former style of cartes-de-visite.
1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. iv. 36 The collodion process..acquired an immense impetus through the introduction of cartes de visite.
1875 tr. H. W. Vogel Chem. Light & Photogr. vi. 53 The Carte de visite was introduced at Paris by Disderi in 1858..and has been diffused over the whole earth.
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