Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1884
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1884
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This photo shows Mary Eastlake as Ophelia in Hamlet, staged at London’s Princess’s Theatre in 1884. Herbert Rose Barraud took it, blending two styles: Impressionism and Realism. Back then, actors often posed for small card photos called “cartes de visite.” These were cheap, collectible, and printed on stiff card. By the 1880s they gave way to bigger “cabinet cards.” Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
