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The Great Exhibition of 1851: the British Nave dated 1851 by Joseph Nash

Great Exhibition of 1851

Prince Albert took a leading role in the organisation of the Exhibition

    AFTER PHILIP HENRY DELAMOTTE (1821-89)

    'Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, in progress of demolition'

    c.1892 copy after an 1852 original

    RCIN 2905913

    Photograph of the interior of Crystal Palace. There is a tree in the centre of the composition and a cart in the foreground. A man, wearing a dark colour suit and top hat, stands on the far right side of the photograph.
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