Portrait of "La Générale Türr" in a dress representing Hungary in chains

In eight images, Adeline Bonaparte-Wyse (1838– 1899) models a costume featuring the Hungarian flag, map, and draping chains. She wore this inventive political statement to an 1864 ball where women dressed as colonized nations. The ensemble was a tribute to her husband, General István Türr (1825–1908), who fought for Hungary’s liberation from Austria. This uncut sheet reveals the process behind carte-de-visite production. Invented by André Disdéri, cartes were made using multi-lens cameras that allowed photographers to rearrange subjects between individual exposures, resulting in multiple images on a single glass plate negative. Sheets like this one would then be cut into individual prints.