Head of a Pastoral Staff of ivory and silver-gilt, Italian, fourteenth century
Photograph
ca. 1902 (photographed)
ca. 1902 (photographed)
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From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They 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.
Object details
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| Title | Head of a Pastoral Staff of ivory and silver-gilt, Italian, fourteenth century (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Head of a Pastoral Staff of ivory and silver-gilt, Italian, fourteenth century', gelatin silver print, ca. 1902 |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph mounted on green card with another photograph showing a view of a staff in the form of a flower that encloses a carved plaque of the seated Virgin and Child. There is a three inch scale included in the bottom left corner of the frame. The photograph is mounted along with another view of the object. a printed descriptive label of the photographed object is affixed to the bottom centre of the mount. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Scupture: Italy / gold & silver / XXVa / C / Pastoral Staff, head of ivory & silver gilt / Italian, XIV centy' (ink, mount) |
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| Summary | From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They 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 | PH.2680-1902 (Set) |
| Other number | 24342 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference) |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | PH.2681-1902 |
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| Record created | June 21, 2019 |
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