# Cartes-de-visite

- By: Hanns Hanfstaengl (Baierrain, 1820–1885)
- Date: 1855 - 1885
- Medium: cardboard, paper
- Classification: carte-de-visite
- Dimensions: height 101 mm x width 62 mm
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/RP-F-F15305--5faa38e4e9af571071ed11d851dc6446)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/eGFWK/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Cartomanie was a collecting craze. From 1855 hundreds of thousands of these portraits were annually sold worldwide. People had photographs taken of their loved ones, including their pets, and kept them in an album. Portraits of kings, writers, artists, actors, and statesmen were also collected. Photography was no longer the preserve of the wealthy; farmers and maidservants now also stood before the camera.