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Bronze Knocker from the Soulages Collection

Photograph
ca. 1857 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Charles Thurston Thompson was the first official photographer employed by the South Kensington Museum. He was appointed in 1856 but photographed at the Museum in 1853. His subject here is a bronze door knocker. Such objects were photographed so that photographic copies could be sold to designers, craftsmen and students, and also filed in the Museum's library for study.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBronze Knocker from the Soulages Collection (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph by Charles Thurston Thompson, 'Bronze Knocker from the Soulages Collection', albumen print, ca. 1857
Physical description
A sepia-coloured photograph of an ornate metal door knocker with five figures, including two women in an embrace
Dimensions
  • Mount width: 26cm
  • Mount height: 33cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'Bronze door knocker. Italian work. circa 1560' (pencil, lower left mount)
Subjects depicted
Summary
Charles Thurston Thompson was the first official photographer employed by the South Kensington Museum. He was appointed in 1856 but photographed at the Museum in 1853. His subject here is a bronze door knocker. Such objects were photographed so that photographic copies could be sold to designers, craftsmen and students, and also filed in the Museum's library for study.
Associated objects
Other number
9981 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference)
Collection
Accession number
33497

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Record createdSeptember 30, 2013
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