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Female antique class room, National Art Training School, South Kensington Museum

Photograph
ca. 1860 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Cundall, Downes & Co. (photographers)
Place of origin
South Kensington (photographed)

Photograph of Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum. National Art Training School, the Female Antique Class Room (which it is stated measured 39 ft 8 in. by 29 ft. 6 in.). Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative

Object details

Categories
History of the V&A
Tiles
National Art Training School
Photographs
Object type
Photograph
TitleFemale antique class room, National Art Training School, South Kensington Museum (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative
Brief description
Photograph, albumen print of the female antique class room at the Science and Art Department of the South Kensington Museum (V&A), Cundall, Downes & Co., ca. 1860.
Physical description
Photograph of Science and Art Department, South Kensington Museum. National Art Training School, the Female Antique Class Room (which it is stated measured 39 ft 8 in. by 29 ft. 6 in.). Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative
Dimensions
  • Image height: 18.3cm
  • Image width: 23.3cm
  • Mount height: 38.1cm
  • Mount width: 53.5cm
Gallery label
(27 November 2018)
Cast Courts Reinstallation, 27 November 2018

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'Female antique class room', National Art Training School, South Kensington Museum
Cundall, Downes & Co., about 1860

Sir Henry Cole, the first director of the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A), emphasised that learning to draw from copies was vital in education. He wanted a varied collection to serve as a resource for inspiring and reforming British design. This photograph shows the female drawing studio of the National Art Training School, with casts for students to draw. This school was based within the South Kensington Museum for many years and eventually became the Royal College of Art.

REPRODUCED FROM
Albumen print
South Kensignton, London
Museum no. E.176-2002

Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.176-2002

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Record createdApril 2, 2003
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O79337/female-antique-class-room-national-photograph-cundall-downes/
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