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Photograph
- Place of origin:
Great Britain (photographed)
- Date:
1850s-1896 (photographed)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown
- Materials and Techniques:
Photograph
- Museum number:
PH.1448-1896
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, room 514a, case X, shelf 262, box B
Physical description
Photograph of a fragment from a late 15th century Northern French oak stall, consisting of a friar preaching from a pulpit beneath a canopy carved with Gothic tracery and grotesque masks.
Place of Origin
Great Britain (photographed)
Date
1850s-1896 (photographed)
Artist/maker
Unknown
Materials and Techniques
Photograph
Dimensions
Height: 41.8 cm mount, Width: 34.1 cm mount
Object history note
The object in the photograph formed part of the collection of Emile Peyre (1824-1904), a notable Parisian collector of French Medieval and Renaissance artefacts. The South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1900), bought over 300 pieces of furniture and woodwork, as well as sculpture and metalwork, from him in 1895, including the object in this photograph.
Descriptive line
Photograph of a fragment from a late 15th century Northern French oak stall, which was previously part of the collection of Emile Peyre, Great Britain, 1850s-1896
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
On a label pasted to the mount of the photograph.
Materials
Photographic paper
Techniques
Photography
Subjects depicted
Pulpit; Canopy; Friar; Mascarons; Stalls (religious building fixtures)
Categories
Christianity; Furniture; Photographs; Religion; Woodwork
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
