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Catalogue of the Soulages collection
1856Leather bound volume | 25.7 x 17.0 x 2.6 cm (whole object) | RCIN 1033095
Illustrated catalogue bound in brown leather with gilt decoration. The catalogue documents the Soulages Collection, a collection of decorative arts formerly in the collection of French collector Jules Soulage (1803-57). The catalogue contains a selection of albumen prints.
This is the first application of photography to the illustration of art catalogues. The Soulages Collection was later acquired for the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Creator(s)
Sir John Charles Robinson (1824-1913) (author)
London : Chapman & Hall (publisher)
Subject(s)
Soulages, Jules25.7 x 17.0 x 2.6 cm (whole object)
Catalogue of the Soulages collection : being a descriptive inventory of a collection of works of decorative art, formerly in the possession of M. Jules Soulages of Toulouse
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Marlborough House [London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- printed & manuscript material
- books
- book: top edge gilt
- books
- Places
