Guy Little Theatrical Photographs
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photographs is a 1850 photographic by Samuel Alex Walker, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This albumen print depicts Ellen Terry and was produced by Samuel A. Walker around 1850 using a glass negative, typical of the period’s theatrical portraiture. The photograph belongs to a collection of cartes de visite and cabinet cards compiled by Guy Tristram Little, who later donated the albums to the Victoria and Albert Museum. These small visiting-card-sized prints, patented in 1854, were widely collected during the 1860s before being replaced by larger cabinet cards in the late 1870s. The image is one of many theatrical portraits from the 19th century preserved in the museum’s Theatre…
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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