Guy Little Theatrical Photographs
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
These photos show actors from the 1800s. They sit for portraits in costume or plain clothes. These prints were pasted on stiff cards so fans could collect and swap them. In the 1860s these tiny “cartes de visite” became a craze. People filled albums with them like early trading cards. By the late 1870s the bigger “cabinet cards” took over. Look up Debenham & Gabell next.
