- Title:
- Albertopolis
- Object name(s):
- Tile panel
- Brief description:
- The tile is moulded in relief with underglaze blue decoration. Many major buildings are shown, with Joseph Durham's Memorial to the Great Exhibition in the centre foreground; the arcades of the Garden of the Royal Horticultural Society to the right; the inner facade of the South Kensington Museum to the left and the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences in the background. The buildings are in a monochrome brown, beaneath a blue sky, all under a semi-matt glaze.
- Collection:
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Content - person:
- Albert (Prince consort, consort of Queen Victoria)
- Content - place:
- Albert Hall
- Content - place:
- Albert Memorial
- Current reproduction location:
- https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2006BE9198/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
- Location type:
- Thumbnail
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 44.4
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 102
- Dimension:
- Depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- cm
- Dimension value:
- 8.5
- Inscription content:
- MUSIC SCHOOL / ROYAL ALBERT HALL / SCIENCE SCHOOL / N. ARCADE HORTICULTURAL GARDENS & CONSERVATORY / FACADE INNER COURT KENSINGTON MUSEUM / MEMORIAL OF INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION 1851
- Object name:
- Tile panel
- Object number:
- C.158-1979
- Object production date:
- ca. 1871-1888
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1866-01-01
- Date - latest:
- 1888-12-31
- Object production organisation:
- Maw & Co.
- Organisation's association:
- manufacturer
- Object production place:
- Broseley
- Place association:
- made
- Physical description:
- The tile is moulded in relief with underglaze blue decoration. Many major buildings are shown, with Joseph Durham's Memorial to the Great Exhibition in the centre foreground; the arcades of the Garden of the Royal Horticultural Society to the right; the inner facade of the South Kensington Museum to the left and the Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences in the background. The buildings are in a monochrome brown, beaneath a blue sky, all under a semi-matt glaze.
- Reproduction number:
- 2006BE9198
- Responsible department/section:
- CER
- Technique:
- Earthenware, blue underglaze
- Text reason:
- Collections online record
- User's reference:
- Reference:
- Bryant, Julius. Art and Design for all: The Victoria and Albert Museum . London: V&A publishing, 2011. ISBN 978 1 85177 666 5
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d4cbb695-a671-3e74-970b-c8bd4304f0d4
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/d4cbb695-a671-3e74-970b-c8bd4304f0d4, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC
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