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Photograph

1867 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Pierre Petit (publishers)
Place of origin
Paris (photographed)

Photograph of the Italian Sculpture section of the Paris Exhibition of 1867.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Museums
Object type
Photograph
Materials and techniques
photograph mounted on card
Photography
Brief description
Photograph of the Italian Sculpture section of the Paris Exhibition of 1867 published by Pierre Petit.
Physical description
Photograph of the Italian Sculpture section of the Paris Exhibition of 1867.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 23.7cm
  • Image width: 18cm
  • Mount height: 32.6cm
  • Mount width: 26.6cm
Gallery label
(27 November 2018)
Cast Courts Reinstallation, 27 November 2018

11. FACSIMILE PHOTOGRAPH OF
'Paris: Exhibition, 1867. Italian Sculpture.'
Charles-Louis Michelez, 1867

Artists and students could use photographs to view exhibitions that they could not visit. Here, a plaster cast of David is photographed at the Universal Exposition in Paris in 1867. It was at this exhibition that the International Convention for reproducing and sharing works of art was signed. Michelez worked early in the morning before the exhibition was open. We can see the water trails left by the cleaners who had just mopped the floor.

REPRODUCED FROM
Albumen print
Paris, France
Museum no. 56829
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
56829

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Record createdJuly 13, 2016
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1361488/photograph-pierre-petit/
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