Progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham
Medium
Albumen silver prints
Classification
Albums
Department
Photographs
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952
Accession Number
52.639
Tags
Art Historical Context
In 1854, photographers Philip Henry Delamotte and Henry Angelo Ludovico Negretti captured the ambitious relocation and expansion of the Crystal Palace Sydenham Hill in south London. Originally designed by Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851—a showcase of industrial innovation—this iron-and-glass marvel was dismantled and reborn as a grander pleasure park with fountains, terraces, and exhibits. *Progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham*, an album of albumen silver prints, meticulously documents the construction phases, highlighting towering frameworks, bridges, and architectural de...
About the Artist
Philip Henry Delamotte|Henry Angelo Ludovico Negretti · 1820–1889
Delamotte was primarily an illustrator, but he also offered his services to artists as a photographer and photography teacher. His most famous students were Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. British photographer.