Marble Statue of Theseus
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Marble Statue of Theseus is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A photograph from a series by Louise Laffon, produced in 1864, depicts a marble statue of Theseus; the image was part of a set of 100 albumen prints documenting sculptures from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The Victoria and Albert Museum acquired five such series, totaling 500 prints, through the agent Monsieur E. Cappe. Laffon’s photographs were mounted with a gender-neutral stamp, "L. Laffon," alongside the studio name "Photographie Lord Byron." A few original gilded mounts from this series remain in the collection.
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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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