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He opened his first photography studio in 1907, expanding to a larger studio by 1911. Hoppé became a renowned portrait photographer. His sitters included many luminary personalities from the arts, literature, and politics such as George Bernard Shaw, Thomas Hardy, T.S. Eliot, Vaslav Nijinsky, Queen Mary, King George, and other members of the Royal Family. Hoppé was also known as a talented landscape and travel photographer. He journeyed across Britain and Ireland to study people from all walks of life, but also as far as Cuba, Sri Lanka and New Zealand to expand his body of work. This collecton of 80 photographs depict London in the 1920s and 30s, including famous landmarks such as Big Ben, St Pauls Cathedral and boats on the river Thames. There are also snapshots of day to day life in the city, often captured by Hoppé with a mix of poignancy and humour.  A large portion of the pictures depict the V&A, such as cleaners in the galleries, a blind winder, the 1930s equivalent of ‘Opinions’ afternoons, and lectures. There are also images of the Natural History Museum and the Royal College of Art. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Photograph depicts a man winding a blind in a Gallery at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the foreground on the floor are decorative mosaic tiles. On the left of the photograph is a large candelabra on a stand. In the centre of the photograph is a man, wearing a white shirt, waistcoat with chain and pens in breast pocket and trousers. He holds a key in his right hand, and is winding a lever with his left hand, he is in profile. On the right of the photograph can be seen a grate in the wall above which is a framed artwork. On the reverse of the image is written 'Natural history Musuem,' which is crossed out. Also written is 'Blind winder who has to do 270 turns before th eblinds are up,' and the numbers '1355-1713', '17609-34' both crossed out and replaced with the numbers 19678-0010.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Hoppé, Emil Otto","id":"A15936"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"Gelatin silver process","id":"AAT139114"},{"text":"photography","id":"AAT54225"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Gelatin silver print ","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"DOP","id":"THES291628"},"images":["2018LB8994"],"imageResolution":"low","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"LVLF","id":"THES49656"},"free":"","case":"DR","shelf":"3","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Photographs","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1931","earliest":"1931-01-01","latest":"1931-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Gift of the American Friends of the V&A","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"9.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"Image","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Image and sheet are the same size"},{"dimension":"Width","value":"7.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"Image","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Image and sheet are the same size"},{"dimension":"Height","value":"7","unit":"mm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Photograph by Emil Otto Hoppé of Blind Winder, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1931","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[{"text":"London","id":"x28980"}],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[],"contentConcepts":[],"contentLiteraryRefs":[],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"<b>Photography Centre 2018-20:</b>\n\nEmil Otto Hoppé (1878–1972)\r\nStaff and Visitors at the Victoria and Albert Museum\r\n1931\r\n\r\nThese photographs show museum life in full swing at the V&A almost a century ago. The images include: a cleaner dusting a 16th-century marble statue of the Greek hero Jason, a troop of men in uniform cleaning the floors, women in fur coats bringing ceramics to a curator for assessment, and avid listeners filling a lecture room.\r\n\r\nGelatin silver print\r\nGiven by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Graham Howe\r\nMuseum nos. LOAN:AMERICANFRIENDS.720:43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51, 52, 54, 56, 57, 59-2017\r\n","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null}}],"partNumbers":["PH.268-2021"],"accessionNumberNum":"268","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":2021,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-21","recordCreationDate":"2018-03-14","availableToBook":false}}