Victoria and Albert Museum, The Raphael Cartoons Gallery, North Gallery (Gallery 94) after the 1929 redecoration, from the west-end
Photograph
1930 (photographed)
1930 (photographed)
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Photographs and photographers were present from the very beginning of the V&A's history and the Museum has an extensive collection of images from the 1850s through to the present which documents the construction and development of the V&A and the South Kensington site.
Originally collected by the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in the interest of public education, these topographic and architectural views were valued as records and as source material for students of architecture and design. As well as being crucial records of the history of the V&A, and an important element within the National Art Library's visual encyclopaedia, these photographs are also significant artefacts in the history of the art of photography.
The Raphael Cartoons are full-size designs for the tapestries made to hang on the lower walls of the Sistine Chapel. The Cartoons have been on loan to the Museum from the British Royal Family since 1865.
Originally collected by the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in the interest of public education, these topographic and architectural views were valued as records and as source material for students of architecture and design. As well as being crucial records of the history of the V&A, and an important element within the National Art Library's visual encyclopaedia, these photographs are also significant artefacts in the history of the art of photography.
The Raphael Cartoons are full-size designs for the tapestries made to hang on the lower walls of the Sistine Chapel. The Cartoons have been on loan to the Museum from the British Royal Family since 1865.
Object details
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| Title | Victoria and Albert Museum, The Raphael Cartoons Gallery, North Gallery (Gallery 94) after the 1929 redecoration, from the west-end (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Raphael Cartoons Gallery, North Gallery (Gallery 94) after the 1929 redecoration, from the west-end, gelatin silver print, 1930 |
| Physical description | A mounted black and white photograph of an exhibition space installed with very large framed classical pictures. There are skylights and the gallery is populated by a series of benches along the centre of the space. A sign above a doorway in the background states: THE SEVEN ORIGINAL CARTOONS BY RAPHAEL. / LENT BY H.M. THE KING. |
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| Summary | Photographs and photographers were present from the very beginning of the V&A's history and the Museum has an extensive collection of images from the 1850s through to the present which documents the construction and development of the V&A and the South Kensington site. Originally collected by the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in the interest of public education, these topographic and architectural views were valued as records and as source material for students of architecture and design. As well as being crucial records of the history of the V&A, and an important element within the National Art Library's visual encyclopaedia, these photographs are also significant artefacts in the history of the art of photography. The Raphael Cartoons are full-size designs for the tapestries made to hang on the lower walls of the Sistine Chapel. The Cartoons have been on loan to the Museum from the British Royal Family since 1865. |
| Other number | 44744 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference) |
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| Accession number | 1924-1932 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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