Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1874
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1874
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This photo shows Jean-Baptiste Faure, a singer-actor, in 1874. Reutlinger Studio shot it on stiff card for fans to collect. Photography was fresh then, and actors loved these small “cartes de visite.” Such tiny portraits cost little. People pasted them in albums like trading cards today. The trend peaked in the 1860s before bigger “cabinet cards” took over. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
