Marble bust of Virgil
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble bust of Virgil is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a photograph from 1863-1864 called *Marble bust of Virgil*. It was made by Louise Laffon, a French photographer working in a time when museums were just starting to collect photos. The Victoria and Albert Museum began collecting photos in 1852. Back then, they saw photography as a way to help artists and students learn. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an 1864 albumen print by Louise Laffon documenting a marble bust of Virgil, one of 500 photographs purchased from the Parisian photographer to record sculpture and decorative arts from the Musée Napoléon III’s Campana Collection. Laffon’s work was produced as part of a series intended for educational use by artists and students, with her gender masked on gilded mounts by the neutral signature “L. Laffon” and the studio name “Photographie Lord Byron.” The print belongs to an acquisition that also included examples of her original mounts, highlighting the…
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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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