The Crystal Palace Drawing Joseph Paxton, 1853 Sept. 23.

Record ID: 
283428
Accession number: 
MA 2011.18
Author: 
Paxton, Joseph, Sir, 1803-1865
Published: 
1853.
Description: 
1 drawing.
Notes: 

Paxton designed the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Part of the Bradbury album, a scrapbook of letters, sketches, drawings, prints, photographs, and printed ephemera. Significant items in the album are described in 27 individual records (MA 2011.1-27).

Summary: 

Distant view of the Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851. Includes groups of men working in the foreground.

Medium: 
Watercolor on paper.
Dimensions: 
95 x 163 mm
Classification: