Image of Gallery in South Kensington
Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F , Case X, Shelf 601, Box B

Plaster cast of ceramic frieze designed by F.W. Moody for the West (Ceramic) Staircase made by Minton, Hollins & Co.

Photograph
ca. 1865 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitlePlaster cast of ceramic frieze designed by F.W. Moody for the West (Ceramic) Staircase made by Minton, Hollins & Co. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print
Brief description
Photograph, South Kensington Museum, plaster cast of ceramic frieze designed by F.W. Moody for the West (Ceramic) Staircase made by Minton, Hollins & Co., albumen print, ca. 1865
Physical description
A mounted sepia-coloured photograph of a frieze for a staircase with elaborately sculpted figures including Roman gods.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 23.1cm
  • Image width: 29.8cm
  • Mount height: 27.4cm
  • Mount width: 33.6cm
Production
Anonymous:
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Associations
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.
Bibliographic reference
Physick, John. The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building. London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982. p. 125
Other number
6219 - Negative number (V&A Archive Guard Book reference)
Collection
Accession number
E.1088-1989

About this object record

Explore the Collections contains over a million catalogue records, and over half a million images. It is a working database that includes information compiled over the life of the museum. Some of our records may contain offensive and discriminatory language, or reflect outdated ideas, practice and analysis. We are committed to addressing these issues, and to review and update our records accordingly.

You can write to us to suggest improvements to the record.

Suggest feedback

Record createdDecember 9, 2008
Record URL
Download as: JSONIIIF Manifest