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Mirror, date about 1660-70, from Knole

Photograph
1853 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

In 1853, Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a loan exhibition of furniture at Gore House, London. It was the first of many photographic campaigns documenting temporary loan exhibitions that were to become a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleMirror, date about 1660-70, from Knole (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson, 'Mirror, date about 1660-70, from Knole' from the album Furniture Exhibited at Gore House, Vol. II, albumen print, 1853
Physical description
A sepia-colured photograph of an ornately carved mirror mounted in a bound 91 page album of 142 prints. A camera is visible in the reflection. The print is mounted with another on the page. The National Art Library Stamp visible upper centre.
Dimensions
  • Album cover height: 57.9cm
  • Album cover width: 41cm
  • Album depth: 7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'PHOTOGRAPHS / THURSTON THOMPSON / FURNITURE / CARVED METAL WORK / ETC. / II (gold printed title on spine of album)
  • 'Photographs / by / C. THURSTON THOMPSON / VOL. 2 / FURNITURE EXHID AT GORE HOUSE, 1853 / CARVED WOOD WORK. / METAL WORK. / ARMS AND ARMOUR.' (Printed title page of album)
  • '7' (faintly printed, top upper right of print. It is the 7th print in the furniture section of 81 prints.)
Subjects depicted
Summary
In 1853, Charles Thurston Thompson, the first Official Photographer of the South Kensington Museum (later the V&A), was commissioned to photograph a loan exhibition of furniture at Gore House, London. It was the first of many photographic campaigns documenting temporary loan exhibitions that were to become a hallmark of the Museum's photographic service.
Associated object
39:839 (Version)
Collection
Accession number
32640

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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