Guy Little Theatrical Photographs
27
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
27
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photographs is a 27 photographic by Adolphe Beau, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a 1864 photograph by Adolphe Beau in the Guy Little Theatrical Photographs collection. It shows an actor or actress in costume, made as a carte de visite. This style of photo was small like a calling card. It used albumen prints on cardboard. People collected these photos like trading cards back then. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The photograph is part of a large collection of 19th-century albumen prints mounted in albums by Guy Tristram Little, who donated them to the Victoria and Albert Museum. These prints, originally produced as 'cartes de visite' or 'cabinet cards,' feature portraits of actors and actresses in theatrical costumes or everyday attire. 'Cartes de visite,' introduced in 1854, were small visiting-card-sized prints popular in the 1860s, while the larger 'cabinet cards' gained prominence in the late 1870s before declining in the 1890s. The collection includes works by photographers such as Adolphe Beau…
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Adolphe Beau spent his days behind a camera, capturing performers mid-gesture before they stepped offstage.
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