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Unknown Person
The Exhibition - Building of 1862 1861-62
Albumen print | 16.3 x 21.3 cm (image) | RCIN 2923160
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Photograph of part of the exhibition building during construction, from the ground, showing part of one of the cast-iron halls and a brick building with neo-renaissance windows, five people including two ladies (in middle distance), on the ground. The International Exhibition of 1862 was intended as a sequel to the Crystal Palace Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park; it was designed by Captain Francis Fowke (1823-65) and constructed on land in South Kensington that is now the Natural History Museum.
Provenance
Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
16.3 x 21.3 cm (image)