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Eugénie, Empress of the French (Doña María Eugenia Ignacia Augustina de Palafox y Kirkpatrick, Countess of Teba, 1826-1920), ca. 1860.

A carte de visite by André-Adolph-Eugène Disdéri (1819-1889) at 8 Boulevart des Italians in Paris. The carte de visite was democratic: anyone could pose for one, and the embrace of someone like the Empress of the French amplified the form’s popularity.