Etruscan Bronze Lamp suspended by chains
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Etruscan Bronze Lamp suspended by chains is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph is titled Etruscan Bronze Lamp suspended by chains. It's a work by Louise Laffon, a French photographer. The image was created between 1863-1864. It's part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which has a long history of collecting photographs. To learn more about the style and context of this work, consider looking into the movement: Realism.
The Victoria and Albert Museum acquired a series of albumen photographs by Louise Laffon in 1864, including this image of an Etruscan bronze lamp suspended by chains, part of a set documenting objects from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. Laffon’s photographs were produced as educational resources for artists and students, with her studio identified neutrally as "Photographie Lord Byron" to mask her gender. The V&A purchased 500 prints from her series through an agent, with some original gilded mounts surviving, bearing the stamp "L. Laffon." The series featured…
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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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