Marble bust of unnamed female
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of unnamed female is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a marble bust of an unnamed woman made in 1863–64. Louise Laffon, a French photographer, created it. It’s a photograph, not a stone carving. The Victoria and Albert Museum started collecting photos in 1852. It was the first museum to do so. They saw photography as a way to help artists and students learn. Check out Louise Laffon next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an 1864 albumen print by Louise Laffon depicting a marble bust of an unnamed female figure, part of a series documenting objects from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The photograph was among 500 works purchased by the museum from Laffon, who used the gender-neutral monogram "L. Laffon" and the studio name "Photographie Lord Byron" on her gilded mounts. The series includes images of architecture, sculpture, ornamentation, terra cotta, and marble, reflecting the museum's early integration of photography for educational and…
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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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