Entrance to South Kensington Museum showing the Cast Courts and the 'Brompton Boilers
Photograph
1890 (photographed), 06/1890 (photographed), ca. 1900s (printed)
1890 (photographed), 06/1890 (photographed), ca. 1900s (printed)
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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 | Entrance to South Kensington Museum showing the Cast Courts and the 'Brompton Boilers (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Gelatin silver print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Isabel Cowper, Entrance to South Kensington Museum showing the Cast Courts and the 'Brompton Boilers, albumen print, 1890, printed later |
| Physical description | A black and white photograph of a covered museum entrance situated between two buildings, one of corrugated metal the other of brick. |
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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. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Bryant, Julius, Editor. Art and Design for All: The Victoria and Albert Museum. London: V&A PUblishing, 1911.
p. 254 |
| Other number | 13243 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference) |
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| Accession number | E.654-2009 |
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| Record created | June 15, 2010 |
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