Clara Pilvois 1862

This carte-de-visite photograph, created in 1862 by André-Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri, captures Clara Pilvois in a series of eight poses. The format, popular in the mid-19th century, allowed for mass production of small portraits, making them accessible to a wider audience. Disdéri, renowned for his innovative photographic techniques, employed a system that enabled multiple images to be taken on a single glass plate, resulting in the sequential poses seen in this work. The subject, dressed in a shawl and posing with a hand resting on a pedestal, exudes an air of elegance and formality characteristic of the era. This image is now part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.