Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1878
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1878
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1878 photographic by Burton & Co., a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A sepia photograph depicts Shiel Barry in the role of Father Gaspard in the operetta *Les Cloches de Corneville*, staged at the Folly Theatre. Produced in 1878 by Burton & Co., the image is an albumen print mounted on card, typical of the "cartes de visite" format popular in the 1860s. The photograph forms part of a larger collection of theatrical portraits assembled by Guy Tristram Little and later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Burton & Co. turned Victorian London’s backstage chaos into high art. Their photos feel less like stiff portraits and more like candid snapshots of actors mid-change—corsets half-laced, wigs askew—caught between drama…
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