Fine Art Category

Image of a colour photograph 'A Domestic Affair' of colourful vegetables and kitchen utensil showing the artist's signature on the print

Frederick Gordon Tutton – A pioneer of early colour photography

Frederick Gordon Tutton's 'A Domestic Affair' made in the mid-1920s is an example of early colour photography in RAMM's Fine Art collection.

Image of three grey boxes, the top one inscribed with 'Photographs' in RAMM's storage space for museum objects

Photographs in RAMM’s collections

In April 2019 I joined RAMM as Assistant Curator of Photographs. I will be at RAMM for six months as part of the V&A Photography Curators’ Training programme, which is funded by the Art Fund. The past few weeks I have spent reviewing the photographs and photographs related material in RAMM’s collections. I started with […]

The Hilliard Family in Exeter

Discover how the craftsmanship of a prominent Tudor family from Exeter illuminates this fascinating period.

Exploring the Martin Brothers Collection at RAMM

Discover the work of these Victorian pioneers in craftsmanship.

Colour woodblock engraving of a Redbreast by Benjamin Fawcett (1808-1893),

Benjamin Fawcett woodblock colour printer (1808-1893)

Whilst researching a ‘Red Breast’ for the current seasons exhibition an exciting discovery has been made. This work and another 5 works were attributed to B. Fawcett. The database held little further information. However, online article published by Archives and Special Collections department, part of Hull University’s library showed a black and white image of […]

An example of the wax portraits looked at in the research

New research on wax portraits

Restoration brings new life to wax portraits and shed light on their sculptor