Artist

Shore & Co. Photographic Artists

Shore & Co. Photographic Artists is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Meet the Shore family photographers—three brothers who turned a London studio into a family business in the 1800s. They didn’t just take portraits; they staged them like tiny dramas, with props and poses so stiff they feel alive today. Walk into their 1870s gallery and you’ll spot Mrs Alfred Wilsow, all lace and sideways glance. Tip your head left and she’ll look back—try it.

Works by Shore & Co. Photographic Artists

Collections represented

Victoria and Albert Museum

Museum

Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.

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