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A Gang of Four  visit to the Victoria and Albert Museum of Arts and Crafts on 14th Jan 2025. It is really too big for a one day visit

Map of the area,

Steve noticed a Cafe here at...

....4 Cromwell Place...

...for Coffee

The Natural History Museum

On Cromwell Road

An Artificial Tree

The Ismaili Centre

Tourists?

Victorian Art Heroes on the V&A front.

Hogarth, Reynolds etc

The  V&A foyer

Looking left

Indian Engraved Rock Crystal

Look up

Parsvanatha Statue, India. the First Jain

Goddess Dwarapalaka

Jug from Kashan Iran

Goddess Tara

Goddess Vasudhara

Throne legs, lions Nepal 12th century

 

Heraldic Animals of Dacre Family

Saints in alabaster

A Reredos

Rafael Court

Gold work

Bust of Thomas Baker

Decorated secure Box

No-body figures Chinese (L) and English versions

Charles II

Various musical instruments on Skylight

A "Remain" Supporter

Spitting Image of Maggy Thatcher

Brexit

Judy, Mrs Punch

Puppet

The Queen

Fawlty Towers

Manuel

Georgian Room

Highly Carved

Very Lavish

George Frideric Handel by Roubiliac

Propaganda from New York

Japanese bedroom

a detail

Bolywood

LGBTQ+ etc flags

3D Printer Open Source

Modern Furniture

Powered Legs

Scultpture Hall

Harder,better,stronger faster

Google camera

Novel Design

Tasman Road, Figure 2 by Thomas J Price

The Bather by Alfred Toft

Art Deco

Steve and fans

Budhist Stupa Reliquary

 

Avalokiteshvara (14th century Nepal)

Exhibition Road Courtyard

Mahasiddha Virupa, Buddhist Ne[pal

 

The Cafe for lunch

Where we ate

Window bleached out in photo to left

Large Minton urn

Contemporary  furniture

Our Gang

 

Christ Carrying the cross

The Dead Christ with the Virgin, St John the Evangelist and St Mary Magdalene; by Andrea Della Robbia

Ridiculous Shoes with video

Learn art?

Battle scene in the Cast Courts  where everything is a plaster cast or copy. 

Christ bearing his Cross

Trajan's column....

...a detail

St George

No need to go to Florence to see "David"

Rape?

David versus Goliath

Brutus

Pietro Mellini, Merchant

Wedding Photo

Chinese grave figure

Chinese Porcelain

Grave Goods Horse

Fashion

Kuan-Yin as a Bodhisattva

Guan Di  1640-1700 Qing Dynasty

Iron Cockerel

I found taking Jewellery very difficult

Peony brooch

Japanese Inro

Samurai

"No" Theatre Masks

Netsuke

Armour

Oh my Gawd!

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