Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
David
was a gift from Tuscany to Queen Victoria, who immediately donated it to the
museum. Circle behind
David
to see the clip-on fig leaf that was hung on him when mod-
est aristocrats visited (this was “the Victorian Age,” after all).
• Across the hall, in Room 46a, you can't miss the two halves of...
Trajan's Column Casts
Rising 140 feet and decorated with a spiral relief of 2,500 figures trumpeting the exploits
of the Roman Emperor Trajan (c.
a.d.
100), this is a copy of the world's grandest column
from antiquity. The original column still stands in Rome, but the V&A's version was cast
from a copy in Paris. In fact, they had to cut it in half to fit it here.
