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The Crystal Palace [drawing] / Joseph Paxton, 1853 Sept. 23.

BIB_ID
283428
Accession number
MA 2011.18
Creator
Paxton, Joseph, Sir, 1803-1865
Display Date
1853 Sept. 23.
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).
95 x 163 mm
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.
Classification