Cabinet print, format introduced in 1866 as the craze for the carte de visite was slackening; although it was not until the 1890s that cabinet prints outnumbered cartes. The size of the print (predominantly albumen, sometimes carbon) was usually c. 102 × 140 mm (4 × 5 1/2 in), and was pasted on to a piece of card c. 114 × 165 mm (4 1/2 × 6 1/2 in). As with the carte, the studio's name often appeared on the bottom front edge of the card, or on the back, sometimes with a negative number. The style of text and design often gives clues for dating. The format rapidly became internationally accepted, albums were produced to fit it, and countless millions of images were created, mostly portraits. It continued into the 1900s.
— Robin Lenman
Bibliography
- Pols, R., Dating Old Photographs (2nd edn. 1995)
