- Title:
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Gallery 49, Central Hall (or Dome) looking south-east towards Galleries 50 and 60
- Object name(s):
- Photograph
- Brief description:
- A mounted black and white photograph showing a portion of a decorated domed ceiling with a hanging chandelier. Under the dome are two arched openings bisected by balustraded walkways and through which can be seen further exhibition spaces.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Photographs
- Associated concept:
- Architecture
- Associated concept:
- History of the V&A
- Content - concept:
- museums
- Content - concept:
- domes
- Content - concept:
- chandeliers
- Content - place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2009CP4064/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measured part:
- mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 33.2
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measured part:
- mount
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 28.2
- Object name:
- Photograph
- Object number:
- E.1131-1989
- Object production date:
- 19th century-20th century
- Date - association:
- photographed
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1800-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1999-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Bolas & Co.
- Organisation's association:
- photographers
- Object production place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Place association:
- photographed
- Physical description:
- A mounted black and white photograph showing a portion of a decorated domed ceiling with a hanging chandelier. Under the dome are two arched openings bisected by balustraded walkways and through which can be seen further exhibition spaces.
- Reproduction number:
- 2009CP4064
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- Gelatin silver print
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- Text:
- 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.
- Text reason:
- Summary description
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aeafdd22-c4fb-3d09-afdf-d1ca0ad32280
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/aeafdd22-c4fb-3d09-afdf-d1ca0ad32280, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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