Charles Thurston Thompson
Charles Thurston Thompson (1816–1868) was an early British photographer.
Thompson is credited with having taken the first ever photograph of a photographic exhibition, in his capacity as the official photographer of the South Kensington Museum, now known as the Victoria and Albert Museum,[1] appointed to the role in 1856.[2] In 1858, he photographed the Raphael Cartoons of the Royal Collection, which in 1865 were moved from Hampton Court to be exhibited at the museum, where they remain in a special gallery.[3][4]
Thompson went on a tour of Spain and Portugal in 1866 to photograph works of art and architecture. He died in Paris, France, in 1868.[2]
His work is included in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum,[1][5] the Museum of Modern Art, New York,[6] the Getty Museum,[7] the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC,[8] and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[9]
Gallery[edit]
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Interior view of the Convent of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal, by Charles Thurston Thompson. -
1865 view of the case and cart used to transport the Raphael Cartoons from Hampton Court to South Kensington Museum. Photographed by Charles Thurston Thompson.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "1858 Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London". www.vam.ac.uk. 12 April 2011.
- ^ a b "Photograph | Artist/Maker | Charles Thurston Thompson". V&A – Collections. 12 October 1860.
- ^ Lambert, Susan (1987). The Image Multiplied; Five centuries of printed reproductions of paintings and drawings. London: Trefoil Publications. ISBN 0-86294-096-6, p. 112.
- ^ "V&A · The story of the Raphael Cartoons". Victoria and Albert Museum.
- ^ Victoria and Albert Museum (12 October 2023). "Exhibition of the Photographic Society of London and the Societe Francaise de Photographie at the South Kensington Museum | Thompson, Charles Thurston | V&A Explore The Collections". Victoria and Albert Museum.
- ^ "Charles Thurston Thompson | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ "The West Front of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (Getty Museum)". Getty Museum Collection.
- ^ "Charles Thurston Thompson". www.nga.gov. National Gallery of Art.
- ^ "Charles Thurston Thompson: French Machinery". www.metmuseum.org. The Met.
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