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Aeronautic View of the Palace of Industry for all Nations, from Kensington Gardens.
Designed by Joseph Paxton, Esq. of Chatsworth. Contracted for, and constructed by Messrs Fox, Henderson, & Co. Scale of building ft to the inch.
London,
Drawn and lithographed by Chas Burton, Day & Son, lithrs to the Queen, Published... by Ackermann & Co. 96 Strand,
May 28th 1851.
Colour tinted lithograph.
465 by 1005mm (18.25 by 39.5 inches).
17874
notes:
The Crystal Palace, as it was christened by 'Punch' magazine, was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton to house the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851. The brainchild of Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition, was the largest trade show conceived, and yet of all the wonders of the new industrialised world on display, the greatest exhibit was the Palace itself. Four paragraphs, beneath the image, detail the dimensions and construction of the building. Essentially a monumental glass...
bibliography:
BM 1880,1113.1932
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