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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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