Designing the V&A:: The Museum as a Work of Art (1857-1909)The building of the Victoria and Albert Museum, begun in 1857, is the most elaborately designed and decorated museum in Britain. This book is the first to consider the V&A as a work of art in itself, presenting drawings, watercolours and historic photographs relating to the museum's 19th century exteriors and interiors. Much of this visual material is previously unpublished and is outside the canon of Victorian art and design. The V&A's first