Artwork
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph is a photographic photography by the Impressionist artist Window & Grove. It dates from 1885 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Photograph of Ellen Terry as Margaret in Faust, Lyceum Theatre, 1885.
About this work
The prints were bigger and tougher than earlier “cartes de visite,” and this one sits in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Guy Little Collection today.
This photo shows Ellen Terry on stage as Margaret in *Faust* at London’s Lyceum Theatre in 1885. It’s a period piece made with glass negatives and albumen prints, pasted on card.
Victorian actors posed for these “cabinet cards” to sell to fans. The prints were bigger and tougher than earlier “cartes de visite,” and this one sits in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s Guy Little Collection today.
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Overview
A sepia photograph from 1885 depicts Ellen Terry in her role as Margaret in *Faust* at the Lyceum Theatre. The image belongs to a collection of albumen prints on card mounts, typical of Victorian theatrical portraiture known as *cartes de visite* or *cabinet cards*. The photograph was later removed from its backing and included in an album assembled by collector Guy Tristram Little before being donated to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The collection represents a significant group of 19th-century theatrical photographs.
Artist & collection
Artist
These photos freeze moments from late-19th-century and early-20th-century theater.
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photographs
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photograph
Guy Little Theatrical Photographs