Marble statue of a headless draped figure
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble statue of a headless draped figure is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph is titled "Marble statue of a headless draped figure". It was taken by Louise Laffon, a French photographer, between 1863-1864. The photograph is part of the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. The museum has a long history of collecting photographs, starting from 1852. To learn more about the context of this photograph, look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an 1864 albumen print by Louise Laffon depicting a marble statue of a draped figure lacking its head, part of a series documenting objects from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The photograph was one of 500 works purchased by the museum from Laffon through an agent in 1864. Laffon’s original gilded mounts, marked with the gender-neutral monogram “L. Laffon” and her studio name “Photographie Lord Byron,” remain on some surviving prints. The series includes views of architecture, sculpture, ornamentation, terra cotta, and marble…
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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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