South Kensington Museum, North Court, south-west corner, showing cast of Trajan's column
Photograph
1868 (photographed)
1868 (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.
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Materials and techniques | Stereoscopic albumen prints |
Brief description | Photographs by J. Davis Burton, No. 3 in the London Series, 'South Kensington Museum, North Court, south-west corner, showing cast of Trajan's column', 1868 |
Physical description | Mounted Stereoscopic albumen photographs of a glass roofed display space within which are displayed architectural casts and a large fragment of a column with a carved frieze |
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Marks and inscriptions | 'Davis Burton's / London Series' (printed on left and right edge of mount) |
Gallery label | Cast Courts Reinstallation, 27 November 2018
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'No. 3 in the London Series, South Kensington Museum, North Court, south-west corner, showing cast of Trajan's column'
J. Davis Burton, 1868
Before the Cast Courts were built, copies were displayed in the galleries around the Museum. This image from 1868 shows a section of the cast of Trajan’s Column on display in a gallery called the North Court. Beside the cast is a photograph of the original column's setting in Rome. It was a lot harder to travel abroad in the 19th century compared to today, so many visitors would only ever experience important artworks as copies in museums.
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Stereograph
South Kensington, London
Museum no. 60739
(27 November 2018) |
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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 | 60:753 (version) |
Other number | N2012 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference) |
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Accession number | 60739 |
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Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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