Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This is a 19th-century photograph by Chalot. It shows Marthe Brandès, a French actress. She’s captured in one of those small albumen prints meant to fit in an album. These photos were called cartes de visite. They were about the size of a visiting card. By the 1860s, people collected them like trading cards—views, art, and famous faces. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more on this kind of photo history.
