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PHILIP HENRY DELAMOTTE (1821-89)

Installation view of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition

1857

Albumen print | 28.3 x 24.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2372825

Photograph of an installation view of the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition. The photograph depicts various pieces of furniture, as well as sculptures and decorative arts, displayed in front of a wall of paintings. The paintings are all portraits and are closely hung, their frames touching. In the foreground is a bannister, functioning to protect the objects on display.

  • Creator(s)

    Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)

  • annotation: Photo.d P.H. De La Motte [break] Manchester, Published by Thomas Agnew & Sons. Publishers & Printsellers to Her Majesty. July 6th 1857. [beneath work]

  • 28.3 x 24.2 cm (image)

  • From an album presented to Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Arts, Recreation, Entertainment & Sport
      • Art
        • Paintings
      • Plastic arts
        • Sculpture
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Home economics
        • Furniture & accessories
          • Furniture
    • Places
      • Europe
        • Great Britain
          • England
            • Greater Manchester [England]
              • Manchester [Greater Manchester]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
          • photograph albums
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