Interior view of Crystal Palace, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Napoleon II and the empress Eugenie on a dias on the occasion of their state visit, London, England

People:

Negretti and Zambra (photographic studio)
Sir Joseph Paxton (architect)

Title:

Interior view of Crystal Palace, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, Napoleon II and the empress Eugenie on a dias on the occasion of their state visit, London, England

Date:

20 April 1855

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Stereograph daguerreotype

Dimensions:

composition (visible image; each, rounded corners): 6,5 x 5,6 cm secondary support: 8.4 x 17.2 cm, 0.4 cm (3 5/16 x 6 3/4 in., 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

PH1983:0156

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Image plate is housed under glass and behind a black mat with side-by-side image openings. Brown tape seals the object along all four sides to a green paper backing on verso.

Inscription:

labelled and imprinted - typescript in blue ink, on label adhered to backing, verso; "photographers to the Crystal Palace Company/H. Negretti & Zambra,/Meteorological instrument/makers/and/opticians/No.11/HattonGarden/ London"

Location:

London Greater London England United Kingdom

Subject Descriptive Terms:

sculpture garden
exhibition building
glass architecture (object genre)

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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