Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This photo shows actor Frank Wyatt in a Victorian studio portrait. The artist, Herbert Rose Barraud, used a new glass-negative process to make it. Photography was fresh and thrilling back then. Most stage stars posed for photos like this. These small albumen prints, called “cartes de visite,” sold in huge numbers in the 1860s. Actors and actresses collected them too. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
