It may not be known to all that the V&A will make available for viewing by appointment items from their photographic collections. Included in the move of The Royal Photographic Collection from the Science Museum Group to the V&A in 2017 was a set of Autochromes taken by Mervyn O'Gorman CB. He took these in 1913 of his neighbour Edwyn Bevan's teenage daughter Christina and were included in the Drawn by Light exhibition in 2015 by the National Science and Media Museum.
I took these pictures on 6 July 2023 when the V&A staff kindly brought the Autochromes down to the Prints and Drawings Room.They are very fragile; a tiny glass chip came off one as the staff unwrapped it. What a privilege!
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I remember seeing these when they were at Bradford and they are exquisite - the colours so delicate and subtle. Pleased that they survived the trip despite their fragility.