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 Edward Coote, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a Victorian studio photo of Florence St. John, an actress. It’s a carte de visite, one of those tiny visiting-card-sized prints everyone collected back then. These photos were new and cool in the 1860s. People filled albums with them like we fill phones with pictures today. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum for more of these theatrical photos.
This albumen print by Edward Coote depicts actress Florence St. John in a theatrical photograph, likely produced as a carte de visite or cabinet card. The image belongs to a collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Tristram Little, who later donated it to the Victoria and Albert Museum. These small portrait cards, popular during the 1860s, featured actors in costume or formal attire and were widely collected. The photograph reflects the Victorian era's growing interest in photography as a means of documenting performers and theatrical culture.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Edward Coote took theatrical photos so sharp they freeze a split second of greasepaint and gaslight.
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