Albums compiled by Prince Albert, reflecting his beliefs surrounding photography
PHILIP HENRY DELAMOTTE (1821-89)
At the Crystal Palace, Sydenham
1854Salted paper print | 13.5 x 14.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2932748
Photograph of Princess Alice (1843-78), later the Grand Duchess of Hesse, Princess Victoria (1840-1901) later Empress Friedrich of Germany, Madame Rollande (fl. 1854), Miss Hildyard (fl. 1854), Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77) and Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65) inside the Crystal Palace following its removal from Hyde Park to Sydenham in 1854. The photograph was taken in the Egyptian Court and in the background are a variety of replicas ancient Egyptian sculptures.
Paxton designed the Crystal Palace.
Paxton designed the Crystal Palace.
Creator(s)
Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-89) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Miss HildyardSir Matthew Digby Wyatt (1820-77)Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-65)Empress Friedrich, German Empress and Queen of Prussia (1840-1901)Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse & by Rhine (1843-78)Madame L Rollande (fl. c. 1850)13.5 x 14.0 cm (image)
- Acquired by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Subject(s)
- Places
- Europe
- Great Britain
- England
- Greater London [England]
- London [Greater London]
- Sydenham [London]
- Crystal Palace Park [London]
- The Crystal Palace
- Crystal Palace Park [London]
- City of Westminster [London]
- Hyde Park [London]
- The Crystal Palace [Hyde Park]
- Egyptian Court [The Crystal Palace]
- The Crystal Palace [Hyde Park]
- Hyde Park [London]
- Sydenham [London]
- London [Greater London]
- Greater London [England]
- England
- Great Britain
- Europe
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
