Room 90: Prints & Drawings
The Julie and Robert Breckman Gallery contains changing displays of prints and drawings. A recent display, ‘Off the Page’, showcased book illustration from famous and much …
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Prints collections
The Prints collections consist of about 500,000 objects encompassing both fine art and commercial production. They include prints from the Renaissance to the present day, p…
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International Print Biennale 2011: V&A Prize Winner
Dawn Cole was the winner of the V&A Prize at the International Print Biennale, Newcastle, in 2011, and this print, Amputations, Etc., 2011, was acquired for the V&A as a re…
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Study Rooms
The V&A has a number of study rooms where additional material from the collections can be viewed.
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Ukiyo-e: pictures of the Floating World
Images of everyday Japan printed for popular consumption in the Edo period, represent one of the highpoints of Japanese cultural achievement.
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International Print Resident: Mona Choo
Mona Choo was International Print Resident at the V&A, February–August 2009.
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Victorian Sentimental Prints, Drawings & Watercolours
Scenes of tender feeling were popular during the Victorian period. They became associated with the home as they were ideal for display in family rooms and traditionally fem…
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The V&A's computer art collections
The V&A has been collecting computer-generated art and design since the 1960s, and has also acquired two significant collections: The Computer Arts Society Collection and T…
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Printing 1450–1520
The invention of printing allowed books and images to become household objects. Both could be reproduced quickly and in large numbers, whereas before this revolutionary tec…
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Printmaking in the 21st century
What is a print? The term now encompasses stencilled guerrilla graphics, museum-sponsored billboards, appropriated or found material, a cake iced with a laser-jet printed i…
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Study Room resource: Printmaking techniques
This Study Room Resource contains examples of the printmaking techniques which are most likely to occur in schools such as relief, stencil and intaglio prints. Also include…
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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Bowie Face No.1 (2010) Limited Edition Print
Bowie Face No.1 (2010) Print by John Dove and Molly White. Signed, titled and numbered en verso. Limited edition of 100. Screen print on hand-made…
Buy nowEvent - Introducing William Blake
Mon 24 June 2013 13:00
GALLERY TALK: Join Bryony as she introduces you to some of the themes of Blake's work through examples from the galleries and Prints and Drawings Study room.
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