Word and Image: Art, Books and Design From The National Art Libra by Julius Bryant

This unique history brings together more than 150 spectacular objects from the National Art Library's collection of literature, prints, drawings and photographs. Housed within the V and ampA, the library was, from the beginning, an integral part of the Museum, formed by, and for, artists and designers as an essential element of the educational and museological project of Prince Albert and Henry Cole after the Great Exhibition of 1851. Word and amp Image shows how the distinct character of the NAL was formed.