Remains of the 'Brompton Boilers', in October 1897, in the course of demolition
Photograph
October 1897 (photographed)
October 1897 (photographed)
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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.
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
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| Title | Remains of the 'Brompton Boilers', in October 1897, in the course of demolition (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph, South Kensington Museum, Remains of the 'Brompton Boilers', in October 1897, in the course of demolition, albumen print, 1897 |
| Physical description | A mounted sepia-coloured photograph showing a sculpture of a seated woman on a stone pedestal situated in front of a shed-like building in the process of being demolished. |
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| Object history | This photograph of the South Kensington Museum shows the remains of the 'Brompton Boilers', south of the Cast Courts. View looking east, with Cast Courts on left and Brompton Oratory in distance. |
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| 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. |
| Other number | 17896 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference) |
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| Accession number | PH.4177-1897 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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