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 Blanford & Co. Caldesi, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph is from the 19th Century. It's a work by Caldesi, Blanford & Co. The photo is part of a collection that includes studio photographs of actors and actresses. These photos were often made into 'cartes de visite' or 'cabinet cards', which were popular during the Victorian era. You can learn more about the techniques used in this photograph at the museum, but for now, check out the artist: Caldesi, Blanford & Co.
This photograph by Caldesi, Blanford & Co. depicts Parselle and was produced around 1850 as part of the Victorian trend of theatrical portraiture. It is an albumen print from a glass negative, mounted on card as a carte de visite, a format patented in 1854 and widely collected during the 1860s. The image was later removed from its backing and included in an album assembled by collector Guy Tristram Little, whose bequest of 19th-century photographs formed part of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s holdings.
Read the full account in the museum source.
They ran a London studio where actors struck poses longer than they held them onstage, because in the 1860s a sharp photograph sold better than a blurry one.
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