Drawing Room -- As Altered
Photograph
1890s (photographed)
1890s (photographed)
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This album records the exterior and interiors of 'The Hill', during the residency of Edgar Horne and his family in the 1890s. A country house in Witley, Surrey, 'The Hill' was built for the artist Myles Birket Foster in the early 1860s and the interiors were originally decorated and furnished, as one of their first commissions, by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.
The album illustrates surviving examples of this commission, including examples of stained glass designed by Edward Burne-Jones. Tiles and stained glass suppled by MMF&Co. for 'The Hill' are now in the Ceramics and Glass collection of the V&A.
The album also includes views of other houses in Witley, a village recorded in rural views by Birket Foster and other artists, including Helen Allingham. Other famous residents included Sir Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A.
Domestic commissions by MMF&Co., particularly those from the early years of the firm, are not well documented. This album shows their work in its original domestic context.
The album illustrates surviving examples of this commission, including examples of stained glass designed by Edward Burne-Jones. Tiles and stained glass suppled by MMF&Co. for 'The Hill' are now in the Ceramics and Glass collection of the V&A.
The album also includes views of other houses in Witley, a village recorded in rural views by Birket Foster and other artists, including Helen Allingham. Other famous residents included Sir Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A.
Domestic commissions by MMF&Co., particularly those from the early years of the firm, are not well documented. This album shows their work in its original domestic context.
Object details
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| Title | Drawing Room -- As Altered (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Glossy collodion print mounted in album |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Drawing Room -- As Altered', from an album of forty-four photographs titled 'The Hill, Witley Surrey, A.M.H.', glossy collodion, 1890s |
| Physical description | A glossy sepia-coloured photograph of a view of a drawing room showing tiled fireplace, wallpaper, piano with embroidered cover and various furnishings. Mounted on card and bound in an album. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Drawing Room -- As Altered' (printed on mount) |
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| Summary | This album records the exterior and interiors of 'The Hill', during the residency of Edgar Horne and his family in the 1890s. A country house in Witley, Surrey, 'The Hill' was built for the artist Myles Birket Foster in the early 1860s and the interiors were originally decorated and furnished, as one of their first commissions, by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. The album illustrates surviving examples of this commission, including examples of stained glass designed by Edward Burne-Jones. Tiles and stained glass suppled by MMF&Co. for 'The Hill' are now in the Ceramics and Glass collection of the V&A. The album also includes views of other houses in Witley, a village recorded in rural views by Birket Foster and other artists, including Helen Allingham. Other famous residents included Sir Henry Cole, the first Director of the V&A. Domestic commissions by MMF&Co., particularly those from the early years of the firm, are not well documented. This album shows their work in its original domestic context. |
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| Accession number | E.403:12-2013 |
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| Record created | October 24, 2013 |
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