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Photograph of a design for the exterior decoration in sgraffito etc. on the Science Schools, South Kensington

Photograph
ca. 1871-1872 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Spackman, Benjamin L. (Sergeant) (photographer)
Moody, Francis Wollaston (designer)
Place of origin
South Kensington Museum (photographed)

Photograph mounted on a sheet of card, portrait orientation. The photograph depicts a design of grotesque ornament for spandrel decoration above the crown of an arch. The design primarily represents a terminal figure, in the form of a winged female bust resting on a pedestal which tapers towards the base. The sheet of card (obverse) is annotated in pencil and pen and ink, and marked with a dry stamp lettered 'SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT / NATIONAL ART LIBRARY'. The reverse is annotated in pencil with the number '9619'.


Object details

Categories
History of the V&A
Designs
National Art Training School
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitlePhotograph of a design for the exterior decoration in sgraffito etc. on the Science Schools, South Kensington (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print mounted on card
Photographic Paper
Albumen Process
Brief description
Photograph of a design by F.W. Moody for the decoration in sgraffito etc. on the east (rear) elevation of the Science Schools, South Kensington. About 1871-1872.
Physical description
Photograph mounted on a sheet of card, portrait orientation. The photograph depicts a design of grotesque ornament for spandrel decoration above the crown of an arch. The design primarily represents a terminal figure, in the form of a winged female bust resting on a pedestal which tapers towards the base. The sheet of card (obverse) is annotated in pencil and pen and ink, and marked with a dry stamp lettered 'SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT / NATIONAL ART LIBRARY'. The reverse is annotated in pencil with the number '9619'.
Dimensions
  • Of card height: 33.4cm
  • Of card width: 27.7cm
Styles
Victorian
Renaissance Revival
Grotesque
Object history
This photograph is recorded in V&A Photograph Register MA/63/5/11; it was 'Recd from Stores / 6th July, 1872.'
Subjects depicted
Grotesques
Spandrels
Association
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated object
72436A (Duplicate)
Bibliographic references
  • pp. 127-140 Cole, Alan S. 'On the Art of "Sgraffito" Decoration', in Papers Read at the Royal Institute of British Architects: Session 1872-73. London: Royal Institute of British Architects, 1873
  • esp. pp. 321-326 Filmer-Sankey, William and others. Building Conservation Management Plan: Prepared for the Victoria and Albert Museum, April 2013, revised edn. London: Alan Baxter, 2013
  • esp. pp. 151-154; figs. 171, 174-176 Physick, John. The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building. London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
72436

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Record createdFebruary 17, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1382815/photograph-of-a-design-for-photograph-spackman-benjamin-l/
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