General View of the Gardens
Print
ca.1870s (made)
ca.1870s (made)
| Artist/Maker |
Colour lithograph, lettered 'General View of the Gardens'.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | General View of the Gardens (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Colour lithograph print by an unknown artist, of the buildings of the 1862 Exhibition: view from the Horticultural Gardens looking east. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph, lettered 'General View of the Gardens'. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | The monument on the left of the view is the memorial to the Great Exhibition of 1851. It was erected between the Albert Hall and Prince Consort Road and was the work of James Durham. The first concert at the Albert Hall was held on the 25 February 1871, as an acoustic test to an audience of approximately 7,000 people comprising the workmen and their families, various officials and the invited public. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1968 London: HMSO, 1969. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.408-1968 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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