A portrait of 'General Bourbaki'
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
1870
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
1870
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A portrait of 'General Bourbaki' is a 1870 photographic by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a black-and-white photo of a man in a military uniform. He has a thick mustache and a serious expression. His uniform is covered in medals and stars, pinned to the chest. The collar is stiff and decorated with gold buttons. The photo looks like it was taken by a company that made stereoscopic images—those old 3D photo cards. The name "General Bourbaki" is written below, but we don’t know his story from this alone. If you like old photos like this, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A carte-de-visite portrait from 1870 by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company shows General Charles Denis Sauter Bourbaki in a military uniform, posed in a head-and-shoulders view facing to his right. The photograph was later part of the Windsor Collection, having been transferred from Windsor Castle as noted by the Royal Librarian Owen Morshead.
Read the full account in the museum source.
They snapped portraits for London’s theater crowd in the 1800s, turning actors and dancers into instant celebrities.
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