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The Resource Creating the V&A : Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861), Julius Bryant

Creating the V&A : Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861), Julius Bryant

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"'Creating the V&A' tells the definitive story of the formative years of London's world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum and the gathering of its early collections in the decade between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the death of Prince Albert in 1861. The story of the V&A's genesis is often centred on the first director and first curator (Henry Cole and J. C. Robinson), and their competing agendas for design reform and connoisseurship. And yet there is an untold story of how the young royal couple for whom it is named were highly instrumental in the establishment of the museum, as public supporters and large-scale lenders before a permanent collection was in place. The book is also full of fascinating and colourful stories of the strategies deployed to harvest treasures on the market as the young museum sought to fill its rapidly expanding buildings and compete with the British Museum and the Crystal Palace. For anyone interested in the history of collecting and curating, and for all fans of this legendary London museum, 'Creating the V&A' explains how the foundational collections established parameters which still inform the museum's collecting policies, role and identity today."--Publisher's website
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eng
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175 pages
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  • Black boards with white debossed lettering to spine and illustrated dust jacket
  • Series statement from dust jacket
  • Editor: Ian McDonald
  • Designed by Nigel Soper
  • Typeset in SwiftEF and Scala Sans
Contents
  • Part I: A teaching collection, 1837-51
  • Part II: International collections, 1852-7
  • Part III: Displays and debates, 1857-61
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9781848223493
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Creating the V&A : Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861)
Title
Creating the V&A
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Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861)
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Julius Bryant
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  • Creating the V and A
  • Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861)
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Language
eng
Summary
"'Creating the V&A' tells the definitive story of the formative years of London's world-renowned Victoria and Albert Museum and the gathering of its early collections in the decade between the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the death of Prince Albert in 1861. The story of the V&A's genesis is often centred on the first director and first curator (Henry Cole and J. C. Robinson), and their competing agendas for design reform and connoisseurship. And yet there is an untold story of how the young royal couple for whom it is named were highly instrumental in the establishment of the museum, as public supporters and large-scale lenders before a permanent collection was in place. The book is also full of fascinating and colourful stories of the strategies deployed to harvest treasures on the market as the young museum sought to fill its rapidly expanding buildings and compete with the British Museum and the Crystal Palace. For anyone interested in the history of collecting and curating, and for all fans of this legendary London museum, 'Creating the V&A' explains how the foundational collections established parameters which still inform the museum's collecting policies, role and identity today."--Publisher's website
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Bryant, Julius,
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
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bibliography
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  • McDonald, Ian,
  • Soper, Nigel,
  • Lund Humphries,
  • V&A Publishing,
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V&A nineteenth-century series
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third
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  • Victoria
  • Albert
  • South Kensington Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Victoria
  • South Kensington Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Albert von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort
  • Albert
  • Victoria
  • South Kensington Museum
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Viktoria
  • Albert
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Art
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Art museums
  • Art
  • Art museums
  • Collectors and collecting
  • England
  • Europe
  • 21.82 industrial design
  • 20.12 art museums
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Creating the V&A : Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861), Julius Bryant
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Note
  • Black boards with white debossed lettering to spine and illustrated dust jacket
  • Series statement from dust jacket
  • Editor: Ian McDonald
  • Designed by Nigel Soper
  • Typeset in SwiftEF and Scala Sans
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-161) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Part I: A teaching collection, 1837-51 -- Part II: International collections, 1852-7 -- Part III: Displays and debates, 1857-61
Control code
1057776548
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
175 pages
Isbn
9781848223493
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations (some colour)
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(OCoLC)1057776548
Label
Creating the V&A : Victoria and Albert's museum (1851-1861), Julius Bryant
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Black boards with white debossed lettering to spine and illustrated dust jacket
  • Series statement from dust jacket
  • Editor: Ian McDonald
  • Designed by Nigel Soper
  • Typeset in SwiftEF and Scala Sans
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-161) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • text
  • still image
Content type code
  • txt
  • sti
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Part I: A teaching collection, 1837-51 -- Part II: International collections, 1852-7 -- Part III: Displays and debates, 1857-61
Control code
1057776548
Dimensions
28 cm
Extent
175 pages
Isbn
9781848223493
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some colour)
System control number
(OCoLC)1057776548

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