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Born in Munich, Hoppé moved to London in his early 20s where he began to exhibit as an amateur photographer. 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 dusting of statue 'Jason' (Museum number: 6735-1860) in a Gallery at the Victoria & Albert Museum. Central in the frame is a plinth with the statue 'Jason,' behind which on the left side of the photograph is a cleaner wearing a dark suit and cap. He holds a feather duster in his right hand, which is extended to dust the statue reaching its shoulder. Both the cleaner and the statue 'Jason' are in profile. Jason is shown in full-length, in his left hand he holds the golden fleece, in his right the shaft of a spear. In the background on the left of the photograph a small area of an archway and through to the next gallery can be seen. Next to which, is the Gallery wall. Along the gallery wall are three plinths with busts', a large museum object, a column, ceiling light and a painting above. There is a black band that runs along the top of the photograph. On the reverse of the image is written 'Natural History Museum' which is crossed out, written below is 'Victoria and Albert Museum' and the numbers '1355-1717' also crossed out and below are the numbers '19669-46.'","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":["2018KT8895","2018KT8860","2018LB8997"],"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":"10.2","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 Victoria and 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.272-2021"],"accessionNumberNum":"272","accessionNumberPrefix":"PH","accessionYear":2021,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-08-21","recordCreationDate":"2018-03-16","availableToBook":false}}