Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1864
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1864 photographic by Jean Laurent, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sepia photograph features Alexandre Dumas and Adah Isaacs Menken, produced as an albumen print from a glass negative and mounted on card. The image belongs to a collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Little, later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The photograph reflects the Victorian practice of collecting cartes de visite and cabinet cards, which were widely circulated during the 1860s and 1870s. The collection includes portraits of actors and actresses in theatrical or everyday attire, documenting the era's photographic portraiture trends.
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Jean Laurent carried a camera the way most people carry change—in his pocket, always.
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