Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1883
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1883
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1883 photographic by Sarony, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo captures Mary Anderson on stage in 1883. Taken by Sarony in New York, it shows her as Parthenia in the play *Ingomar the Barbarian*. The picture is part of a trend where actors posed in costume for publicity photos. The new albumen print method used glass negatives and stiff card backing. These “cabinet cards” replaced smaller “cartes de visite” in the late 1870s. Check out more work by Sarony online.
