Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
1856
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1856
photographic
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a 1856 photographic by Window & Grove, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This photo shows Marie Wilton, an actress, in a studio portrait. It was made between 1856 and 1921 by the team Window & Grove. Albumen prints like this were printed on thin paper and pasted onto stiff card. Back then, visiting cards were tiny photos fans collected like baseball cards today. The larger cabinet cards soon took over, but both became out-of-date once postcards arrived. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.
The photograph depicts Marie Wilton, taken by the studio Window & Grove in 1856, during a period when photography was a new and medium in Victorian society. Produced as an albumen print from a glass negative, the image is mounted on a stiff card backing, typical of the "cartes de visite" format patented in 1854 and widely circulated in the 1860s. This photograph is part of a larger collection of theatrical portraits and related images assembled by Guy Tristram Little, who removed the cards from their original backings and compiled them into albums before bequeathing the collection to the…
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These photos freeze moments from late-19th-century and early-20th-century theater.
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