The Crystal Palace Exhibition building c1851
Category
Photographs
Date
1851
Materials
Card
Measurements
93 x 60 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520062
Summary
A monochrome albumen print in carte de visite format depicting a view of The Crystal Palace mounted on heavy white card. 1 of 18 Various Views. Recto: Outdoor landscape view of the Crystal Palace exhibition building with a statue of a man playing the flute in the foreground. Also recto written in pencil at bottom: The Crystal Palace Verso: Blank card
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986