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 Best, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph is titled Guy Little Theatrical Photograph. It's a work from the late 19th century. The photograph shows Jean Mounet-Sully as Oedipe in Oedipe Roi. Photography was a new development back then, and actors often had studio photos taken for 'cartes de visite' or 'cabinet cards'. To learn more about the artist behind this work, look up the artist: Best.
The image is a sepia photograph depicting Jean Mounet-Sully in the role of Oedipe in *Oedipe Roi*. Produced as an albumen print from a glass negative, it was likely intended as a carte de visite, a small portrait card popular in the 1860s. The photograph is part of a larger collection of theatrical cartes de visite and cabinet cards assembled by Guy Tristram Little and later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This photographer had a knack for turning theater backstage into art—posing actors mid-change, caught between roles and real life.
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