- Title:
- The west façade of the Victoria and Albert Museum, while under construction 1899-1906
- Object name(s):
- Watercolour
- Brief description:
- Drawing of the west façade of the Victoria and Albert Museum, while under construction.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Associated concept:
- Drawings
- Associated concept:
- Industry
- Associated concept:
- History of the V&A
- Associated concept:
- Tools & Equipment
- Associated concept:
- Watercolours
- Content - place:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2023NP9722/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 37.7
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 53.6
- Inscription content:
- 'Arthur Streeton 1905'
- Inscription interpretation:
- Signed and dated
- Material:
- pencil
- Material:
- watercolour
- Object history note:
- A work entitled 'South Kensington Museum' was No.21 in an exhibition of the artist's work held at the Alpine Club, 26 March to 8 April 1909.
- Object history note:
- The South Kensington Museum was officially re-named the Victoria and Albert Museum by Queen Victoria in 1899. The Museum continued to be known popularly by the former name and it is still referred to occasionally as such. The building on the far right was the Institut Français, now housed at 15 Queensberry Place, S.W.7.
- Object name:
- Watercolour
- Object number:
- E.85-1967
- Object production date:
- 1905
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1905-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1905-12-31
- Object production person:
- Streeton, Arthur Ernest (Sir)
- Person's association:
- artist
- Object production place:
- London
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- Drawing of the west façade of the Victoria and Albert Museum, while under construction.
- Reproduction number:
- 2023NP9722
- Responsible department/section:
- PDP
- Technique:
- watercolour
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d40365a4-97b9-318b-a7e2-423dcc058a15
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d40365a4-97b9-318b-a7e2-423dcc058a15, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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