Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1879
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1879
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1879 photographic by Elliot & Fry, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo, *Guy Little Theatrical Photograph*, was taken in 1879 by Elliot & Fry. It shows Violet Cameron dressed as Suzanne in *Madam Favart* at the Strand Theatre. Victorian actors often posed for studio photos called "cartes de visite" or later "cabinet cards," small portraits on stiff card backs. Elliot & Fry printed their name right on the photo. If you like this, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The image is a sepia-toned photograph of Violet Cameron portraying the character Suzanne in the production *Madam Favart* at the Strand Theatre. Produced in 1879 by Elliot & Fry, it was made as an albumen print from a glass negative and mounted on a card backing typical of the period’s theatrical cartes de visite. The photograph was later part of a large collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Tristram Little and donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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