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South Kensington, Royal Horticultural Gardens, arcade on north side of conservatory

Photograph
1861 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photographs and photographers were present from the very beginning of the V&A's history and the Museum has an extensive collection of images from the 1850s through to the present which documents the construction and development of the V&A and the South Kensington site.

Originally collected by the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in the interest of public education, these topographic and architectural views 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

Categories
Object type
TitleSouth Kensington, Royal Horticultural Gardens, arcade on north side of conservatory (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph, South Kensington, Royal Horticultural Gardens, arcade on north side of conservatory, albumen print, 1861
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph showing a conservatory facade with arcades and arches.
Dimensions
  • Mountn height: 25.5cm
  • Mounnt width: 30.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'A.b. LONDON' (ink, lower right mount, recto )
  • 'Architecture, etc, England.' (ink, upper left mount, recto )
  • 'London: South Kensington, Horticultural Gardens. / Gardens on North side of Conservatory. (1861.)' (ink, lower left mount, recto )
  • 'Arcade on north side of Conservatory R. Hort: Gardens / 1861.' (ink, lower central mount, recto )
Credit line
Presented by Alan S. Cole, 2 February 1906
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
Photographs and photographers were present from the very beginning of the V&A's history and the Museum has an extensive collection of images from the 1850s through to the present which documents the construction and development of the V&A and the South Kensington site.

Originally collected by the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in the interest of public education, these topographic and architectural views 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.
Collection
Accession number
PH.349-1906

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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