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 Frederick Richard Window, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows Louise Clare, an actress from the late 1800s. It’s a theatrical portrait by Frederick Richard Window, printed on stiff card. Photography was new then, and actors often posed for publicity shots. The photo was made as a "cabinet card," a bigger style that replaced earlier "cartes de visite." Actresses like Clare used these to share their image with fans. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
This photograph by Frederick Richard Window depicts Louise Clare and was produced as a carte de visite, an albumen print on card backing patented in 1854 and widely collected during the 1860s. The image belongs to a large collection of theatrical cartes de visite and cabinet cards compiled by Guy Tristram Little, who removed them from their original backings and mounted them in albums before bequeathing the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The photograph is one of many 19th-century images donated to the museum in the early 20th century as part of Little’s collection.
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