Marble statue of a Roman lady
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Marble statue of a Roman lady is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a photograph from 1863–64 showing a marble statue of a Roman lady. Louise Laffon made it while Impressionism and Realism overlapped. The Victoria and Albert Museum began collecting photographs in 1852 and held this one long before it was noticed. Henry Cole pushed to add images so artists and students could study them up close. Look up the museum’s early photo collection next.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an 1864 albumen print by Louise Laffon depicting a marble statue of a Roman lady from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The photograph is one of 500 works purchased by the museum from Laffon, who operated under the gender-neutral signature "L. Laffon" at her "Photographie Lord Byron" studio. The print documents the sculpture's details for educational and administrative use within the museum's collections. Surviving examples retain gilded mounts that obscure the photographer's gender.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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