Cartes-de-visites were introduced to Britain in the late 1840's and began a new era in popular photography. Local studios and itinerant photographers ensured availability across the United Kingdom.

This is a carte-de-visite of a Victorian child. The young girl is standing next to a polished wood table. In Victorian times, children's clothes emulated those of adults, as illustrated by this little girl's full skirted dress.

The 'carte' became so popular, that by the 1860's between three to four hundred million were sold annually to people of most social backgrounds. The craze for collecting cartes-de-visites is sometimes referred to as 'cartomania'.