Terra cotta bust of unnamed female
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Terra cotta bust of unnamed female is a 1864 photographic by Louise Laffon, a Impressionism work, depicting Child Saint John, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Louise Laffon made a photograph of a terra cotta bust in 1863–64. The bust shows an unnamed female with the child Saint John. It’s a quiet, focused study of form and light. Laffon was also a photographer, working when the Victoria and Albert Museum first collected and displayed photos. Her bust sits in that early photo collection, meant for artists and students to learn from. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
The Victoria and Albert Museum holds an albumen print by Louise Laffon from a 1864 series documenting objects from the Campana Collection at the Musée Napoléon III in Paris. The photograph depicts a terra cotta bust of an unnamed female figure. The work was among 500 prints purchased by the museum through the Parisian photographer’s agent, Monsieur E. Cappe. Laffon’s original gilded mounts, marked with the gender-neutral stamp "L. Laffon" and her studio name "Photographie Lord Byron," reflect her approach to professional presentation.
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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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