Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1859
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1859
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1859 photographic by Mayer et Pierson, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This 1859 albumen print by Mayer et Pierson depicts actress Jane Essler and belongs to a collection of theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Tristram Little, later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The image was produced as a carte de visite, a small albumen photograph mounted on card, a format patented in 1854 and widely collected during the 1860s. Such photographs were typically made from glass negatives and served as portable portraits of performers in either contemporary dress or stage costume. Little’s collection, including this item, was bequeathed to the museum in the early…
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Mayer & Pierson ran a Paris photo studio where actors slipped into costumes between takes and posed for keepsakes.
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