Interior view of Crystal Palace showing the architectural court, London, England

People:

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

Title:

Interior view of Crystal Palace showing the architectural court, London, England

Date:

1854 or after

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Stereograph daguerreotype

Dimensions:

composition (visible image; each, top rounded): 6,5 x 5,6 cm secondary support: 8,4 x 17,2 x 0,4 cm (3 5/16 x 6 3/4 x 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

SV1981:0051

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

Image plate housed under a black paper mat which has two side by side iamge openings, brown tape seals on all sides hold the mat and plate between a layer of glass and black paper backing on the verso of the object.

Inscription:

labelled - typescript, blue ink printed on pink label adhered to backing, verso: "PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY/H.NEGRETTI &instrument/Makers,/And/Opticians, No. 11,HATTON GARDEN,/LONDON"

Location:

London Greater London England United Kingdom

Subject Descriptive Terms:

exhibition building
glass architecture (object genre)

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

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