ABSTRACT
This chapter is a unique study of the impact that a new type of photographic image invented in the 1850s, the carte de visite, had on visual images of the judiciary in England. The English judiciary were caught up in the frenzy of production and consumption that accompanied the birth of carte de visite. How did this new invention impact on representations of the judiciary? The argument here is that carte de visite changed the way viewers experienced of the judiciary. Carte portraits also had a lasting effect on how judges were portrayed in other media, such as the illustrated newspapers.
