Eclectic

11 Sep 2017 — 4 Mar 2018 at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, United Kingdom

29 December 2017

The Royall Oake of Brittayne, print, 1649, England. Museum no. E.217-2002. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund

Showcasing some of the best prints and posters acquired for the V&A through The Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund.

This display includes 19th-century fashion plates, caricatures, playing cards, posters and packaging.

Also featured are prints by international artists, alongside pieces by British artists such as Lucian Freud, Damien Hirst and Rachel Whiteread.

Victoria and Albert Museum

The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.

Museum profile

Location

London, United Kingdom

Founded in

1899

Paris Fluctuat nec Mergitur, collage, Sara Fanelli, 2001, England. Museum no. E.347-2003. © Sarah Fanelli. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund

Light, poster issued by the Rural Electrification Administration, Lester Beall, 1937, US. Museum no. E265-2005. © Clifford Richards. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund

Fashion plate from Margherita magazine, 1880, published in Milan. Museum no. E.151:27-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund

Paris Fluctuat nec Mergitur, collage, Sara Fanelli, 2001, England. Museum no. E.347-2003. © Sarah Fanelli. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Light, poster issued by the Rural Electrification Administration, Lester Beall, 1937, US. Museum no. E265-2005. © Clifford Richards. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Fashion plate from Margherita magazine, 1880, published in Milan. Museum no. E.151:27-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund

Light, poster issued by the Rural Electrification Administration, Lester Beall, 1937, US. Museum no. E265-2005. © Clifford Richards. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Fashion plate from Margherita magazine, 1880, published in Milan. Museum no. E.151:27-2003. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund
Paris Fluctuat nec Mergitur, collage, Sara Fanelli, 2001, England. Museum no. E.347-2003. © Sarah Fanelli. Purchased through the Julie and Robert Breckman Print Fund