Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1896
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1896
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1896 photographic by Morrison, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo freezes Julia Marlowe as Prince Hal in *Henry IV, Part 2* on stage in 1896. Morrison took it in London at Palmer’s Theatre. Photographs like this were brand-new back then. Victorian stars posed for two kinds of prints. Small “cartes de visite” came first. Later came sturdier “cabinet cards.” Both were made from glass negatives and pasted on thick card. Check out Morrison’s other work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A sepia photograph from 1896 depicts Julia Marlowe in the role of Prince Hal in *Henry IV, Part II* at Palmer's Theatre. Produced as a carte de visite, the image is an albumen print mounted on card stock, reflecting a common Victorian practice of theatrical portraiture. The photograph is part of a larger collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Tristram Little and later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This guy Morrison snapped pics of actors from the 1800s like he was the paparazzi of the stage.
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