Sujet

'Central Door, South Kensington Museum', c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Central Door, South Kensington Museum', c1860s, (1881). Original bronze front entrance doors to the South Kensington Museum, (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum), in London. Above, in the carved stone frame, is the maxim 'Better is it to get wisdom than gold', an allusion to one of the Museum's principle aims: education. The left door shows three figures from the history of science: Humphry Davy, Isaac Newton and James Watt, and on the right are three from the arts: Bramante, Michelangelo and Titian. The doors were modelled by James Gamble and Reuben Townroe, based on designs by Godfrey Sykes. Woodcut after Godfrey Sykes. From "The South Kensington Museum", a book of engraved illustrations, with descriptions, of the works of art in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum. [Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington, London, 1881]

Date

1881

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19F36_442

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,0Mo (3,1Mo) / 31,3cm x 50,5cm / 3693 x 5960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

bâtiment architecture éducation arts porte la science sculpture bronze art livre musée la connaissance sagesse décoratif soulagement porte portes entrée siècle metalwork littérature concept porte avant 19e siècle B W dix-neuvième siècle The Print Collector Godfrey Sykes engraving woodcut wood engraving Victoria & Albert Museum Unknown James V&A Francis Fowke Fowke Francis Humphry Davy Gamble V&A Museum Sampson Low Captain Francis Fowke The South Kensington Museum Marston Sykes Godfrey Captain Francis James Gamble Reuben Townroe Townroe Reuben Humphrey Davy Sir Hu