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The Ceramic Gallery

Etching
1876-1881 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching of an interior from the old Victoria and Albert Museum buildings

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Ceramic Gallery (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
etching
Brief description
John Watkins. 'The Ceramic Gallery'. Etching of an interior of the South Kensington Museum, 1876-1881.
Physical description
Etching of an interior from the old Victoria and Albert Museum buildings
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.75in
  • Width: 8.5in
Credit line
Given by Mr. G. C. Parris
Object history
This etching shows the original Ceramics gallery in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1876-81,when it was called the South Kensington Museum. This space, which shows the run of galleries known as Rooms 65-69, is currently the Silver Gallery.
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1945, London: HMSO, 1956.
Collection
Accession number
E.819-1945

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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