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Cartes de Visite of Ernst Schulz

Photograph
C.1867 (made)
Artist/Maker

Schulz was a German entertainer who impressed London audiences in 1867 with his show Masks and Faces; or Studies of Character and Physiognomy. During the act, he performed numerous emotions and characters in rapid succession. He also enacted racial and national stereotypes, which would have seemed much less offensive at that time. These small, collectible cards show the range of his repertoire.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCartes de Visite of Ernst Schulz (generic title)
Materials and techniques
albumen print
Brief description
Photographs by London Stereoscopic Company, 'Cartes de Visite of Ernst Schulz', 1867, albumen print
Physical description
Albumen Print depicting four portraits - each is distinctive from the next and sits within an oval boundary
Dimensions
  • Height: 57mm
  • Width: 42mm
Gallery label
  • Making It Up: Photographic Fictions (2018) Marta Weiss Schulz was a German entertainer who impressed London audiences in 1867 with his show Masks and Faces; or Studies of Character and Physiognomy, in which he performed in rapid succession numerous emotions, characters, and racial and national stereotypes of the day. These small, collectible cards show the range of his repertoire. Charles Darwin, who included photographs in his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872), owned a set of portraits of Schulz.
  • Photography Centre 2018-20: London Stereoscopic Company Cartes de visite of Ernst Schulz About 1867 Schulz was a German entertainer who impressed London audiences in 1867 with his show Masks and Faces; or Studies of Character and Physiognomy. During the act, he performed numerous emotions and characters in rapid succession. He also enacted racial and national stereotypes, which would have seemed much less offensive at that time. These small, collectible cards show the range of his repertoire. Albumen prints Museum nos. 50 to 55-1972
Subject depicted
Summary
Schulz was a German entertainer who impressed London audiences in 1867 with his show Masks and Faces; or Studies of Character and Physiognomy. During the act, he performed numerous emotions and characters in rapid succession. He also enacted racial and national stereotypes, which would have seemed much less offensive at that time. These small, collectible cards show the range of his repertoire.
Collection
Accession number
53-1972

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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