A stereoscopic daguerreotype of interior at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham.
After housing the Great Exhibition in 1851 the Crystal Palace had been dismantled and rebuilt on a site at Sydenham, south east London, reopening in June 1854. The 'Palace of the People' as it became known, was at first a huge success as the world's first 'theme park'.
Interior view of displays at the Crystal Palace Sydenham exhibition 1855, showing a statue of 'Ulysses recognised by his dog' by Lawrence Macdonald, seen against foliage with a view of the glass roof.
wooden floor
statue
foliage
glass
window
girders
ironwork
laterally reversed
plinth
Crystal Palace
Ulysses
Argus
Macdonald, Lawrence
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daguerreotype
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1855
Daguerreobase
Royal Photographic Society Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Museum Conservation Services
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