Artist

London Photographic Co.

London Photographic Co. is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

This was the 1890s London studio that followed performers from West End to Broadway, lugging glass plates and a gas lamp into dressing rooms and stage wings. They caught actors mid-gesture, one foot on a prop trunk, a wig half-done, before the footlights went up. Flip through their Guy Little pile and you’ll spot one where a man in a pirate coat is caught between a laugh and a scowl, as if the camera shutter froze time itself. Look up “London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company” to see how they turned stage glamour into everyday theater.

Works by London Photographic Co.

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