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Exhibitions and records of works of art

Prince Albert recognised the importance of photography to record and document notable exhibitions and works of art

    ROYAL COMMISSION FOR THE EXHIBITION OF 1851

    Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided, Vol. II

    1852

    Photographically illustrated book | 36.5 x 28.5 x 8.8 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 2800001

    Red leather bound volume, with gilt tooling and blue silk endpapers. Title on upper cover, 'Exhibition MDCCCLI Reports by the Juries' and V&A monogram. Spine with 4 raised bands and gilt tooling with title on spine, 'Exhibition MDCCCLI Jury Reports Vol. II'.

    It contains forty-five photographic plates (RCINs 2800009-2800052) and it is one of four volumes illustrated with original calotypes (salted paper prints), made by Claude-Marie Ferrier and Hugh Owen between September and November 1851.
    • Creator(s)

      Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (corporate author)

    • 36.5 x 28.5 x 8.8 cm (book measurement (inventory))

    • Presented to Queen Victoria

    • Object type(s)
        • printed & manuscript material
          • books
            • book: full leather bound
              • book: full leather bound in morocco
                • book: full leather bound in red morocco
            • book: all edges gilt
            • book: binding
              • book: binding with gold tooling
              • book: binding with blind tooling
            • book: doublures
              • book: silk doublures