South Kensington Museum, Sir James Pennethorne's office building (the 'Junction building')
Photograph
ca. 1865 (photographed)
ca. 1865 (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 | South Kensington Museum, Sir James Pennethorne's office building (the 'Junction building') (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print |
| Brief description | Photograph, South Kensington Museum, Sir James Pennethorne's office building (the 'Junction building'), left photograph from a three-part panoramic view from Cromwell Road, albumen print, ca. 1865 |
| Physical description | The left panel of a three-part panorama of sepia-coloured mounted photographs. This part shows a large house with many windows fronted by a long wooden fence. Part of the photograph is missing on the left side of the mount. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The South Kensington Museums, c. 1860. The photograph is taken in Cromwell Road near the present main entrance of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The large building in the right background is the residences of Brompton Oratory and on the extreme right are the museum's Entrance and Refreshment Room.' (Type label, lower centre mount) |
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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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| Accession number | E.1096A-1989 |
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| Record created | June 18, 2014 |
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