Marble bust of unnamed male
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of unnamed male is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds one of 500 albumen prints purchased in 1864 from Parisian photographer Louise Laffon, documenting marble sculpture from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III. The series includes architecture, ornamentation, terra cotta, and marble works, with some prints retaining original gilded mounts bearing the gender-neutral signature "L. Laffon" and the studio name "Photographie Lord Byron." Laffon, a member of Le Société Française de la Photographie, produced these photographs as educational resources for artists and students. The prints were initially…
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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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