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International Exhibition 1872

Photograph
1872 (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
TitleInternational Exhibition 1872 (generic title)
Materials and techniques
heliotype
Brief description
Photograph, International Exhibition, South Kensington, Royal Horticultural Gardens, heliotype, ca. 1872
Physical description
A photograph mounted on card showing a portion of an exhibition hall set within formal gardens. In the distance is a gazebo and a statue on a pedestal.
Style
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1872 / THE HELIOTYPE COMPANY, LIMITED / (SOLE PHOTOGRAPHER) / London 221 Regent Street W
  • 'Architecture, etc. / England & Wales / IIaa / London: south Kensington / Exhibition, 1872 (ink, mount)
  • library stamp (blindstamp, upper centre mount)
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
73272

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
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