Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1850 photographic by W. Walker & Sons, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This is a studio photo of actor John Brougham from the late 1800s. It was made by W. Walker & Sons, a photography studio. People back then loved collecting “cartes de visite” — small photos on cardstock that fit in albums. They started in 1854 and became a big craze by the 1860s. Look up W. Walker & Sons to see more of their work.
The image is a sepia-toned photograph of John Brougham, produced by W. Walker & Sons around 1850. It is mounted on a card bearing the photographer's printed stamp and the actor's signature, reflecting the common practice of theatrical portraiture in the Victorian era. The photograph belongs to a larger collection of 19th-century albumen prints on card, originally assembled by collector Guy Tristram Little and later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. These types of portraits, known as *cartes de visite*, were widely circulated in the 1860s before being replaced by larger *cabinet…
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You’ve probably seen W. Walker & Sons’ photos without realizing it—those crisp, black-and-white shots of Victorian actors mid-sentence, frozen between gaslight and melodrama. Their real trick? They didn’t just document…
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