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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Victoria and Albert Museum [South Kensington] (London, England, United Kingdom)en_US
dc.coverage.temporalenlarged 1899-1909 (alteration); opened 1857 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorWebb, Astonen_US
dc.creatorScott, Henry Young Darracotten_US
dc.date1857en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-07T16:02:39Z
dc.date.available2013-08-07T16:02:39Z
dc.date.issued1857en_US
dc.identifier229042en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2380en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/136826
dc.descriptionOpen crown tower of the Cromwell Road facade, seen from the rear garden court; The world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, it was founded in 1852, and has since grown to now cover 12.5 acres (51,000 m2) and 145 galleries. Originally named The South Kensington Museum, the museum on the current site opened in 1857. Webb also contributed three major buildings in South Kensington, London. The first, won in an invited competition (1891), was for a major addition to the Victoria and Albert Museum with a façade to Cromwell Road. With this design, Webb stretched his talent for mixing Renaissance styles to its limit, creating a skyline broken by pavilion domes, campaniles and, at the centre of the principal façade, a column-tiered tower supporting an open crown. The laying of the foundation stone to the left of the main entrance of the Aston Webb building, on 17 May 1899 was the last official public appearance by Queen Victoria. The opening ceremony for the Aston Webb building by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra took place on 26 June 1909. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 5/8/2011)en_US
dc.format.mediumred brick; Portland stone; tileen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectrulers and leadersen_US
dc.subjectArt museumsen_US
dc.subjectart educationen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectRenaissance Revivalen_US
dc.titleVictoria and Albert Museumen_US
dc.title.alternativeV&Aen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-WA-VAM-A14en_US
vra.culturalContextBritishen_US
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vra.worktypeart museumen_US
dc.contributor.displayAston Webb (British architect, 1849-1930); Henry Young Darracott Scott (British architect, 1822-1883)en_US


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