Carte De Vista Collection

CARTE DE VISTA CARDS

The Carte De Vista Cards also known as Cabinet Cards in this collection date from mid 1800s to early 1900s. These types of photographs were common place and popular. As subjects had to stand for a period of time you will notice that they used props to support them in most of the images while the picture was being exposed. Other preferred to sit still while the picture was being taken.

The signed pictures in the Following The Lights collection include Robert Louis Stevenson's mother and father dated 1880, apparently they could have been presented to Robert Louis and his wife Frances (Fanny) Matilda Van de Grift Osbourne Stevenson (shown below) when they visited Edinburgh in 1880 after their marriage that took place in America given to them as a wedding gift.

More information about Carte De Vista (Cabinet Cards) can be found here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carte_de_visite

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