A stereo daguerreotype (85 × 170 mm) of the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1855, the first International Exhibition held in France
André Disderi (1819-1889) obtained the rights to photograph the products and artworks at the Exposition as a distinguished daguerreotypist, but his lasting fame is that he took out the first patent for the carte de visite in 1854. Ironically, this inexpensive mass-produced paper photograph hastened the demise of these beautiful..... More
