Marble bust of Julia Mammea
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of Julia Mammea is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a 1863–64 photo of a marble bust of Julia Mammea. It’s by Louise Laffon, a French photographer working in the overlap of Impressionism and Realism. The Victoria and Albert Museum still holds it. Laffon’s picture sits where the V&A first put photos on display in 1858. Back then the museum’s director, Henry Cole, wanted photos to help art students see details they couldn’t reach in person. Take a look at Louise Laffon.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an albumen print by Louise Laffon from 1864 depicting a marble bust of Julia Mammea, part of a series of 500 photographs documenting objects from the Campana Collection in the Musée Napoléon III. The photograph was one of many purchased by the museum that year through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe. Laffon’s prints were issued with gilded mounts bearing the gender-neutral monogram "L. Laffon" and the studio name "Photographie Lord Byron." The series includes documentation of architecture, sculpture, ornamentation, terra cotta, and marble works.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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