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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

CHARLES THURSTON THOMPSON (1816-68)

Photographs of Decorative Arts in the Royal Collection

c.1853-5

Brown leather and cloth bound album | 28.5 x 30 x 3.3 cm (album) | RCIN 2369573

Brown cloth and leather bound album containing photographs (RCINs 2369574-2369611) of arms and armour and furniture, including various swords, daggers, shields and guns as well as a plate, mirror and silver items. Many of these are now in the Royal Collection.

Some, if not all of the objects photographed, were displayed at Gore House in 1853. Thompson was commissioned to photograph the display at Gore House, a display of loaned items including items purchased from the Great Exhibition and other objects loaned from the Royal Collection, Waddesdon Manor, and elsewhere. Gore House was part of the estate purchased by the Commissioners of the Exhibition of 1851, following the Great Exhibition. The house was used by the schools of Science and Art, and also hosted exhibitions until it was demolished in 1857. The grounds were absorbed into the Horticultural Society. Today the site of Gore House is occupied by the Royal Albert Hall, and the grounds by the Imperial Institute.
  • Creator(s)

    Charles Thurston Thompson (1816-68) (photographer)

  • 28.5 x 30 x 3.3 cm (album)

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
            • Armour
      • Industries, Crafts and Trades
        • Precision mechanisms & instruments
          • Cameras
    • Organisation
      • Form of documents
        • Indexes
          • Inventories
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • albums
        • photographs
      • printed & manuscript material
        • books
          • book: half leather bound
            • book: half leather bound in morocco
              • book: half leather bound in brown morocco
          • book: all edges gilt