Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1850 photographic by Bordonneau, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph captures an actor in the 19th century. It’s a studio shot, meant for fans or collectors. The card’s small size and card backing show it was a “carte de visite”—a popular Victorian trend. People back then loved collecting these tiny portraits. They’d fill albums with actors, places, and art. By the 1870s, bigger “cabinet cards” took over. See more Victorian actor photos at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph by Bordonneau, dating to around 1850, depicts an actor identified as Got and belongs to the early tradition of theatrical portraiture in the Victorian era. Produced as an albumen print from a glass negative, the image was likely intended for a carte de visite, a small visiting-card-sized photograph popular for collecting and exchanging during the 1860s. The photograph is part of a larger collection of cartes de visite and cabinet cards assembled by Guy Tristram Little, a solicitor and collector who donated the material to the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early 20th…
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