The Marvel of the Victorian Cast Courts
A call came in from Mrs R that my daughter had forgotten her white ankle socks and that if I did not get them to her school then she would get a uniform point against her. I deliberated for a second about how minor this was, but the reaction of my wife and daughter to not doing it forced my hand. So off I went with socks in hand to Putney via my trusty bike. After delivering the socks I needed to make it somewhere in time to take a work call - where better than the V&A! Great WiFi. After doing my thing, I had a bit of free time and so strode over to the Great Cast Courts section - the original Victorian place to go, where the world was brought to you. Cast Courts, for those that do not know, contain cast and electrotype (cast injected with bronze) copies of many of the great artworks and architecture from around the world. For Victorians they were the height of modernity. They were open in 1873 at the V&A. They gave access to great works at a time where it was difficult to...