Marble bust of Lucius Verus
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of Lucius Verus is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows a marble bust of Lucius Verus, shot around 1863–64. It’s part of the V&A’s early photo collection, started when the museum first collected images back in the 1850s. Louise Laffon was one of the overlooked women photographers of the era. The museum used photos like hers to help artists and students study form. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an albumen print by Louise Laffon from 1864 depicting a marble bust of Lucius Verus, one of 500 photographs documenting objects from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The print was part of a series purchased by the museum through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe, featuring architecture, sculpture, and decorative arts. Laffon’s work was produced under the studio name *Photographie Lord Byron*, with her gender concealed by the neutral signature *L. Laffon* on the gilded mounts. The photograph serves as an archival record of the museum’s…
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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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