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Original Carte de Visite Photograph - "Christ Blessing Little Children."

George Stinson & Co., Portland, ME

Original black-and-white carte de visite (CDV) photograph showing an illustration of Christ blessing little children. The scene is a direct reference to the story in the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 10 in which Christ blesses children who come up to Him while he is preaching. In the story, Christ's disciples try to shoo the children away, but Christ instructs them to let the children come forward. Two of the disciples may be depicted in this scene. This illustration may be a reproduction of a painting. No date, circa 1873-1880s. 2 1/2" x 4." Title printed in bottom margin on back. Copyright information printed on back which identifies the publisher as George Stinson & Company of Portland, Maine. George Stinson & Co. was active from 1873-1894. CDV is very clean and intact except for light age toning, a few tiny marks on front, and minuscule wear to surfaces and extremities. A Very Good copy. The carte de visite was a small souvenir photograph that often came in the form of an albumen print which consists of a photo mounted on a paper card. CDVs were commonly traded among collectors like trading cards. Louis Dodero (1824-1902) is credited with inventing the CDV in 1851 although Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi (1819-1889) was the first to patent the CDV in 1854. CDVs were very popular through the 1860s but were soon overtaken by the larger cabinet card in the early 1870s.. Ephemera. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: No Binding

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