Marble bust of Julia
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of Julia is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a photograph from 1863–64 showing a marble bust of a woman named Julia. Louise Laffon made it during a time when museums were just starting to collect photos. The Victoria and Albert Museum was the first to both collect and display photographs in the 1850s. They used these images to help artists and students learn. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an albumen print by Louise Laffon from 1864, documenting a marble bust of Julia in the Musée Napoléon III (now the Louvre). The photograph was part of a series of 500 works purchased by the museum from Laffon, featuring architecture, sculpture, and decorative arts from the Campana Collection. Laffon’s prints were mounted with a gender-neutral stamp reading “L. Laffon” alongside the studio name “Photographie Lord Byron.” The series served as a visual resource for artists and students within the museum’s collections.
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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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