Figure 1.-The CDV and albumen process was invented in France during the 1850s, but was not an immediate success. We do not yet have any French CDVs from the 50s. We do have a number from the 1860s and this is one of them. The portait is not dated, but looks like the 1860s to us. The boy is Edouard Caplain. We know nothing about him, bit he clooks to be about 10-years old. He wears a single breasted jacket and matching vest. The jacket is worn open with a kind of cut-away jacket look, a popular style for boys. He has a large bow, looking rather like a pulled out stock. His long trousers do not match the jcket and vest. The studio was A. Vuillemot in Paris.

The CDV and albumen process was invented in France during the 1850s, but was not an immediate success. We do not yet have any French CDVs from the 50s. We do have a number from the 1860s and this is one of them. The portait is not dated, but looks like the 1860s to us. The boy is Edouard Caplain. We know nothing about him, bit he clooks to be about 10-years old. He wears a single breasted jacket and matching vest. The jacket is worn open with a kind of cut-away jacket look, a popular style for boys. He has a large bow, looking rather like a pulled out stock. His long trousers do not match the jcket and vest. The studio was A. Vuillemot in Paris.

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