- Title:
- Brunel
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- Photographic print in monochrome depicting a statue of Brunel. On the base of the statue reads 'I.K. Brunel'
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Photographs
- Associated concept:
- The Royal Photographic Society
- Associated concept:
- Architecture
- Content - place:
- British Museum
- Credit line:
- The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2019LJ3703/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Inscription content:
- 'Brunel by Durham'
- Inscription translation:
- Handwritten in pencil on paper below image
- Inscription content:
- 'Photography by R. Fenton'
- Inscription translation:
- Printed in ink on paper below image
- Object history note:
- In 1853, the British Museum asked Fenton to document parts of their collection as their official photographer. He went on to take many photographs of classical busts, skeletons, Assyrian tablets and other works of art.
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- RPS.4596-2018
- Object production date:
- 1854-1858
- Date - association:
- photographed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1854-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1858-12-31
- Object production person:
- Fenton, Roger
- Person's association:
- photographer
- Object production place:
- British Museum
- Place association:
- photographed
- Other number:
- 3871
- Other number type:
- RPS identifier - inventory no.
- Other number:
- 2003-5001_2_23034
- Other number type:
- Science Museum Group accession number
- Other number:
- 119
- Other number type:
- RPS identifier - other
- Physical description:
- Photographic print in monochrome depicting a statue of Brunel. On the base of the statue reads 'I.K. Brunel'
- Reproduction number:
- 2019LJ3703
- Reproduction number:
- 2019LJ3789
- Responsible department/section:
- DOP
- Technique:
- photography
- Technique:
- albumen process
- Technique:
- albumen print
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d0e8141-9011-38c0-ba89-6e0246dc239b
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/2d0e8141-9011-38c0-ba89-6e0246dc239b, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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