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Pair of Cast Bronze Doors

Photograph
ca. 1902 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Victoria and Albert Museum (photographed)

From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They 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

Categories
Photographs
Metalwork
Object type
Photograph
TitlePair of Cast Bronze Doors (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gelatin silver print
Photographic Paper
Gelatin Silver Process
Brief description
Photograph, 'Pair of Cast Bronze Doors, Italian, 15th century', gelatin silver print, ca. 1902
Physical description
A black and white photograph mounted on green card of a pair of cast metal door with each door composed of five relief panels. A 24 inch scale is visible at the bottom of the frame. A printed object label is affixed to the bottom centre of the mount.
Dimensions
  • Mount height: 395mm
  • Mount width: 500mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Metalwork, bronze, Italy / XVIII / C / Mirror, bronze ('The Birdlip Mirror'). / Ancient British. Gloucester Museum.' (ink, mount)
  • 24007. Pair of Doors of cast bronze, in the style of the 15th centy. with panels above and below of later style. Italian. / The property of J. Pierpont Morgan. Esq. No. 432'' (printed label, mount)
Credit line
Acquired from Sydney A. Pitcher, Gloucester, 1919
Subjects depicted
Doors
Reliefs
Summary
From the beginning, the V&A collected photographs in the National Art Library as part of a programme to record works of art, architecture and design in he interest of public education. They 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.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
PH.2271-1902

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Record createdJune 21, 2019
Record URL
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