HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY Portrait in the studio; a group of girls with a child driving; probably five brothers; or cousins and friends. The car; actually a wooden silhouette; is an accessory used to set up portraits in an unusual way; with a "special effect" that excites the imagination or at least satisfies in the effigy a desire of the subject (see same silhouette-car in FSNgilardi_74447. jpg). This kind of image is called "Photo des reves". Italy; around 1910.