South Kensington Museum, looking north-west over the roofs of the South & North Courts, and the School of Building with Albert Hall and Albert Memorial in the distance
Photograph
1 August 1873 (photographed)
1 August 1873 (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
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
Object details
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| Title | South Kensington Museum, looking north-west over the roofs of the South & North Courts, and the School of Building with Albert Hall and Albert Memorial in the distance (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'South Kensington Museum, looking north-west over the roofs of the South & North Courts, and the School of Building with Albert Hall and Albert Memorial in the distance', albumen print, 1873 |
| Physical description | A mounted photograph of a view over rooftops. In the distance is visible a block of terraced houses. |
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| Production | NOTE IMAGES IN GUARDBOOK AND ON VADAR ARE REVERSED |
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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 |
| Associated object | 73:875 (Version) |
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| Accession number | 4967-1910 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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