- Title:
- Experiments with the Model of the Memorial of the Exhibition of 1851
- Object name(s):
- Drawing
- Brief description:
- Watercolour of Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Great Exhibition
- Associated concept:
- Paintings
- Associated concept:
- Royalty
- Associated concept:
- Architecture
- Associated concept:
- History of the V&A
- Content - concept:
- memorials
- Content - event name:
- Great Exhibition
- Content - person:
- Cole, Henry (Sir, K.C.B.)
- Content - person:
- Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain)
- Content - person:
- Fowke, Francis
- Content - place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Credit line:
- Given by Mr and Mrs Fowke Mangeot
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BD7326/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 26.67
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 39.37
- Inscription content:
- 'Stannus'
- Inscription content:
- '7851'
- Inscription content:
- V&A imprinted circular stamp, approximately 5mm in diameter
- Inscription interpretation:
- Artists signature in bottom left hand corner. Object number in bottom right hand corner with a V&A imprinted circular stamp directly above.
- Material:
- watercolour
- Material:
- pencil
- Material:
- water-colour paper
- Object history note:
- Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum. The building in the background is the Sheepshanks gallery with the Iron Museum ('The Brompton Boilers') next to it. Sir Henry Cole and his dog are in the left foreground; and at the centre of the group behind the Prince is Captain Francis Fowke. The Memorial was erected in 1863 in the gardens of The Royal Horticultural Society, but was moved to its present position behind the Albert Hall between c.1890 and 1893.
- Object name:
- Drawing
- Object number:
- 7851
- Object production date:
- 1861
- Date - association:
- painted
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1861-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1861-12-31
- Object production note:
- Given by Mr and Mrs Fowke Mangeot
- Object production person:
- Stannus, Anthony Carey
- Person's association:
- painter
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- painted
- Place note:
- possibly
- Object status:
- Unique
- Physical description:
- Watercolour of Prince Albert inspecting the model for the Memorial to the 1851 Exhibition, set up in the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006BD7326
- Reproduction number:
- 2018LH4499
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Style:
- Victorian
- Technique:
- painting (image-making)
- Technique:
- drawing (image-making)
- Technique:
- Watercolour and pencil on paper
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/856dbcdd-9cbe-331a-be77-5a24a7e19456
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/856dbcdd-9cbe-331a-be77-5a24a7e19456, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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