Public collection via the Cleveland Museum of Art
AT-00012616Untitled (French Military Heroes and Political Leaders)
About the Artwork
A mosaic was produced by cutting photographs of hundreds of figures away from their backgrounds, mounting the likenesses on a single sheet, photographing that collage, and printing the result on 6 x 9 cm cards. These entertaining images sold well and were effective advertising for the photographer’s prowess. A list identifying each individual accompanied the mosaics, but most of those sheets have been lost.
Inscriptions
Imprinted in black ink on recto: “Disdéri. Phot” Written in pencil on recto: “50 Euros” Imprinted in black ink on verso: “DISDERI/PHOTOGRAPHE de S.M. L’EMPEREUR/8, Boulevart des Italiens/PARIS”
Exhibition history
France in the Time of Manet and Morisot. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 10-August 23, 2026).
Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri (French, 1819–1889)
- Date
- mid-1860s
- Medium
- albumen print, montage carte-de-visite
- Dimensions
- Image: 9.2 x 5.8 cm (3 5/8 x 2 5/16 in.); Paper: 10.1 x 6.2 cm (4 x 2 7/16 in.)
- Type
- Photograph
- Classification
- Photograph
- Department
- Photography
- Credit line
- John Cook Memorial Fund
- Accession no.
- 2017.12
More by André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri in museum collections
Open-access museum record · AT-00012616
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