Bellows, carved with satyrs, a cupid and a grotesque mask, Italian, ca. 1500
Photograph
ca. 1863 (photographed)
ca. 1863 (photographed)
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| Place of origin |
Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a collection of French and Italian Renaissance and decorative art assembled by the Toulouse lawyer Jules Soulages which was brought to England in 1855 and later acquired by the Museum. These photographs are some of the earliest examples of photographs documenting V&A objects and were a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service.
Object details
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| Title | Bellows, carved with satyrs, a cupid and a grotesque mask, Italian, ca. 1500 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson, 'Bellows, carved with satyrs, a cupid and a grotesque mask, Italian, ca. 1500, ' from the series of objects in the Soulages Collection, albumen print, ca. 1863 |
| Physical description | A sepia-coloured photograph mounted along with three other prints. |
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| Object history | Found in Furniture Section. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a collection of French and Italian Renaissance and decorative art assembled by the Toulouse lawyer Jules Soulages which was brought to England in 1855 and later acquired by the Museum. These photographs are some of the earliest examples of photographs documenting V&A objects and were a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service. |
| Associated object | 7699-1861 (Original) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 32310 |
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| Record created | August 6, 2013 |
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