J.H. Barnes (1850-1925)
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
1876
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company
1876
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
J.H. Barnes (1850-1925) is a 1876 photographic by London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows J.H. Barnes from 1876. It’s a small albumen print pasted to card stock. Typical of the day, actors posed for these “cartes de visite” to sell themselves to fans. The London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company ran one of the biggest studios in London. They cranked out thousands of these pocket-sized portraits in the 1860s. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this card and other Victorian photo cards.
This 1876 photograph depicts J.H. Barnes, a subject typical of Victorian-era portraiture. The image was produced as an albumen print from a glass negative, mounted on a stiff card backing with the photographer’s studio credit. It belongs to a larger collection of cartes de visite and cabinet cards compiled by collector Guy Tristram Little, later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The photograph is part of a significant group of 19th-century photographs acquired by the museum in the early 20th century.
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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