Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1850 photographic by Langfier Ltd., held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photograph by Langfier Ltd. depicts Marie Lloyd in character, produced as an albumen print from a glass negative and mounted on a card backing bearing the photographer’s name. It belongs to a collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Little, who removed the images from their original albums and donated them to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The print is an example of a carte de visite, a small-format portrait popular in the 1860s before being replaced by the larger cabinet card in the late 19th century.
Read the full account in the museum source.
They ran a print shop in London that never closed. Every morning at 7 a.m. the door swung open and the press started humming, turning out theatre posters, sheet music covers, and magazine illustrations until the last…
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