Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1886
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1886
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1886 photographic by Samuel Alex Walker, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
In 1886, Samuel Alex Walker made a photograph of Miss Wadman dressed for a stage role. It’s called *Guy Little Theatrical Photograph*. The work mixes Impressionism and Realism in one shot. Walker used a glass negative to print this on stiff card. That was standard for studio photos back then. The image captures Miss Wadman as Indiana from the play *Indiana at the Avenue*. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see it.
A sepia photograph depicts Miss Wadman in the role of Indiana from the production *Indiana* at the Avenue Theatre. The image is part of a collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Little and later donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The photograph was originally produced as an albumen print on card backing, typical of the "cartes de visite" format popular during the 1860s. The collection includes such portraits removed from their original mounts and preserved in albums.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Samuel Walker spent his days tucked in the back rows of London theaters, not on stage but with a camera.
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