Fragment of a small marble statue
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Fragment of a small marble statue is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Louise Laffon made a photograph in 1863–64 of a small marble statue’s broken piece. It’s a quiet, early picture that sits between photography’s new power and the old world of sculpture. The Victoria and Albert Museum kept this photo from day one. They showed it in 1858, the first museum anywhere to put photographs on the walls. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds one of 500 albumen prints purchased in 1864 from the Parisian photographer Louise Laffon, documenting marble sculpture and other works from the former Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. These photographs, part of a series documenting architecture, sculpture, and decorative arts, were acquired through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe and intended for educational and administrative use by the museum. Laffon’s work is notable for the use of gender-neutral stamps on her mounts, which bore the name "L. Laffon" alongside her studio title,…
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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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