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These views were made during a 1867 campaign to Spain and Portugal.\n\nThis is one of seven sets of Thurston Thompson's series of photographs of the Monastery of Batalha, Portugal in the V&amp;A collection.  A selection of views from the series was published shortly after his death by the Arundel Society, sanctioned by the Science and Art Department, (under the authority of which the V&amp;A was originally established).  Available to artists, amateurs and collectors these volumes were available for purchase at a dedicated sales stall in the museum and were also circulated by the Science and Art Department for the use of schools of art.  \n\nOf these seven sets, five are bound.  The other two sets are composed of loose plates, with some additional plates not included in the bound volumes and marked as proofs.  The various stamps and presentation formats demonstrate the multiple ways photographs were circulated not only throughout the museum, but to the larger community of scholars, artists and connoisseurs.","physicalDescription":"A sepia-coloured photograph of an arched passageway of a cloister, scattered with carved elements of building material, plate 10 in an album bound in red leather of 20 photographs and letterpress essay, title page and order form.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Thompson, Charles Thurston","id":"N3687"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"x43821"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Arundel Society","id":"A7579"},"association":{"text":"publisher","id":"x32600"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"photographic paper","id":"AAT14190"}],"techniques":[{"text":"photography","id":"AAT54225"},{"text":"albumen process","id":"AAT133274"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Albumen print in bound album","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Topography","id":"THES252988"},{"text":"Tourism & Travel","id":"THES250702"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":[],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"512M (VA)","id":"THES49774"},"free":"","case":"MX17","shelf":"X","box":"874"}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}],[{"text":"album","id":"AAT26690"}],[{"text":"albumen print","id":"AAT127121"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Batalha","id":"x45453"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1867","earliest":"1867-01-01","latest":"1867-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""},{"date":{"text":"1868","earliest":"1868-01-01","latest":"1868-12-31"},"association":{"text":"published","id":"x30682"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"58358","id":"O1094983"},"association":"Version"},{"object":{"text":"59596","id":"O1094934"},"association":"Duplicate"},{"object":{"text":"E.2238:10-1997","id":"O1031576"},"association":"Duplicate"},{"object":{"text":"E.2239:10-1997","id":"O1072223"},"association":"Duplicate"}],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"385","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"page","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"465","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"page","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"'10. 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Under the Sanction of the Science and Art Department, for the Use of Schools of Art and Amateurs.  </i>London:  Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowldege of Art and Bell and Daldy, 1868."}],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"Batalha","id":"x45453"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"churches","id":"AAT7466"},{"text":"cloisters","id":"AAT7423"},{"text":"monasteries","id":"AAT641"}],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[],"partNumbers":["59616"],"accessionNumberNum":"59616","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-15","recordCreationDate":"2009-06-30","availableToBook":false}}