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Touring Exhibtions: Art for Art's Sake
This exhibition, bringing together key objects from the V&A’s collections and a number of important lenders, explores the unconventional creativity of the Aesthetic movement in Britain.
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Walter Crane, frontispiece to The House Beautiful: Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks by Clarence Cook, 1878
Walter Crane
Frontispiece to The House Beautiful: Essays on Beds and Tables, Stools and Candlesticks by Clarence Cook
1878
Museum no. NAL 47.M.26
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Elisabeth Hamilton, Earthenware vase decorated with female heads
Elisabeth Hamilton
Earthenware vase decorated with female heads
1875
Museum no. C.65-2002
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'Helen of Troy' necklace designed by E.J. Poynter, made by Carlo Giuliano
Helen of Troy' necklace
Designed by E.J. Poynter, made by Carlo Giuliano
About 1881
Silver-gilt and bowenite
Museum no. M.9:1,2-2011
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John and Salome, Plate VIII from Salome, a portfolio of 17 plates by Aubrey Beardsley
John and Salome, Plate VIII from Salome
Aubrey Beardsley
Published by John Lane
1907
Line block print, ink on paper
Museum no. E.429-1972
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