Crystal Palace, depicted within a glass paperweight.
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1895
Materials
Glass, Leatherette
Measurements
30 mm (Depth); 60 mm (Diameter)
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1521171
Summary
Circular albumen print, depicting Crystal Palace, mounted into the base of a glass paperweight. The image shows the exterior the Crystal Palace, with fountains and some people. The base of the paperweight is covered in brown leatherette.
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.