Antique glass vase
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Antique glass vase is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The photograph is titled "Antique glass vase" by Louise Laffon. It was taken in 1863-1864, a time when photography was still a new medium. The Victoria and Albert Museum holds this photograph, which is part of its collection, and it's associated with the Impressionism and Realism movements, but I don't know much about the image itself. You can learn more about this style by looking up Impressionism.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an antique glass vase documented in 1864 by the Parisian photographer Louise Laffon as part of a series of 500 albumen prints purchased by the museum. Laffon’s photographs, produced for the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III (now the Louvre), include architecture, sculpture, and decorative objects, with this vase among the documented artifacts. The prints feature gilded mounts bearing the gender-neutral stamp "L. Laffon" and her studio name, "Photographie Lord Byron." The series was acquired through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe to support the…
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Louise Laffon (1828–1885), was a French photographer and painter. She was one of the first female professional photographers in France. She had a studio in Paris between 1859 and 1876.
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