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Experiments with the Model of the Memorial of the Exhibition of 1851

Drawing
1861 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Stannus, Anthony Carey (painter)
Place of origin
London (painted)

Watercolour of Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum.


Object details

Categories
Great Exhibition
Paintings
Royalty
Architecture
History of the V&A
Object type
Drawing
TitleExperiments with the Model of the Memorial of the Exhibition of 1851 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour and pencil on paper
Watercolour
Pencil
Water-Colour Paper
Painting (Image-Making)
Drawing (Image-Making)
Brief description
Antony Carey Stannus, 'Experiments with the model of the memorial of the Exhibition of 1851. Erected in the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens before the design was settled by H.R.H. the Prince Consort. 1861.'
Physical description
Watercolour of Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum.
Dimensions
  • Height: 26.67cm (Note: Taken from Register of Drawings 1871-1874)
  • Width: 39.37cm (Note: Taken from Register of Drawings 1871-1874)
Style
Victorian
Production typeUnique
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Stannus'
  • '7851'
  • V&A imprinted circular stamp, approximately 5mm in diameter (Artists signature in bottom left hand corner. Object number in bottom right hand corner with a V&A imprinted circular stamp directly above.)
Credit line
Given by Mr and Mrs Fowke Mangeot
Object history
Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum. The building in the background is the Sheepshanks gallery with the Iron Museum ('The Brompton Boilers') next to it. Sir Henry Cole and his dog are in the left foreground; and at the centre of the group behind the Prince is Captain Francis Fowke. The Memorial was erected in 1863 in the gardens of The Royal Horticultural Society, but was moved to its present position behind the Albert Hall between c.1890 and 1893.
Production
Given by Mr and Mrs Fowke Mangeot
Subjects depicted
Memorials
Cole, Henry (Sir, K.C.B.)
Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain)
Fowke, Francis
Great Exhibition
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Bibliographic reference
Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
7851

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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