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Guy Little Theatrical Photograph

Window & Grove

1895

photographic

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1895 photographic by Window & Grove, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Window & Grove
When & what style?: 1895 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

This sepia photograph depicts Dame Marie Tempest in her role as Adele in the production *An Artist's Model* at Daly's Theatre, captured on February 2, 1896, following its transfer from May 28, 1895. The image belongs to a larger collection of 19th-century theatrical photographs assembled by Guy Tristram Little, who removed the original albumen prints from their card mounts and reorganized them into albums before bequeathing the collection to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The photograph exemplifies the Victorian practice of producing studio portraits as collectible cartes de visite or…

Read the full account in the museum source.