Creating the V&a: Victoria and Albert's Museum (1851-1861)

by Julius Bryant

Book Overview

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 centered on the first director and first curator (Henry Cole and J. C. Robinson), and their competing agendas for design reform and connoisseurship...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848223498
• ISBN13: 9781848223493
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 10.9"