Photograph of designs for the exterior decoration in sgraffito etc. on the Science Schools, South Kensington
Photograph
ca. 1871-1872 (photographed)
ca. 1871-1872 (photographed)
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Photograph mounted on a sheet of card, portrait orientation. The photograph depicts two vertical designs of grotesque ornament for panel decoration. The left-hand design comprises a string of fruit and foliage tied with ribbon and suspended from a ring held in the mouth of a lion. The right-hand design includes two strapwork cartouches, the upper (rectangular) with the image of a dolphin or fish and the lower (circular) with the frontal, bust-length image of a woman. The sheet of card (obverse) is annotated in pen and ink, and marked with a dry stamp lettered 'SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT / NATIONAL ART LIBRARY'.
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Title | Photograph of designs for the exterior decoration in sgraffito etc. on the Science Schools, South Kensington (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Albumen print mounted on card |
Brief description | Photograph of 2 designs by F.W. Moody for the decoration in sgraffito etc. on the east (rear) elevation of the Science Schools, South Kensington. About 1871-1872. |
Physical description | Photograph mounted on a sheet of card, portrait orientation. The photograph depicts two vertical designs of grotesque ornament for panel decoration. The left-hand design comprises a string of fruit and foliage tied with ribbon and suspended from a ring held in the mouth of a lion. The right-hand design includes two strapwork cartouches, the upper (rectangular) with the image of a dolphin or fish and the lower (circular) with the frontal, bust-length image of a woman. The sheet of card (obverse) is annotated in pen and ink, and marked with a dry stamp lettered 'SCIENCE & ART DEPARTMENT / NATIONAL ART LIBRARY'. |
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Object history | This photograph is recorded in V&A Photograph Register MA/63/5/11; it was 'Recd from Stores / 15th March, 1872.' |
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Accession number | 72311A |
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Record created | February 14, 2017 |
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