Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1850 photographic by Felice Beato, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows Eve Lavallière, a French actress. It’s a 19th-century photograph by Felice Beato. The medium is a small albumen print, pasted on card stock. These “cartes de visite” were all the rage in the 1860s. Fans collected portraits of stars like this one. They could fit in an album like visiting cards. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph by Felice Beato depicts the actress Eve Lavallière, produced as an albumen print from a glass negative and mounted on card as a carte de visite. The image belongs to a large collection of theatrical cartes de visite and cabinet cards assembled by Guy Tristram Little, later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. Such photographs were commonly produced in the 19th century as collectible portrait cards for actors and actresses. The carte de visite format, patented in 1854, was widely popular until the late 1870s when larger cabinet cards became more common.
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