Daguerreotype: 1685-1939 1851-1851

Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom
Language: English
Type: Other
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/152284b6-6ac1-8fa0-c3ea-72015b1e8879

Identification

1685-1939

Dated

Source
Begin: 1851
End: 1851

Image description

View of the Great Exhibition 1851, Western, or British nave, looking east, with lighthouse light, Seeley fountain, Ross telescope, and Coalbrookedale Dome, statues, plinths and scaffolding. The exhibition is either being put up or, more likely, taken down.

Tags

lighthouse; plinth; statue; fountain; scaffolding; ironwork; pillar; glass; display case

Links

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1048545/daguerreotype/

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Object

Subject location

City of Westminster

Identification

1685-1939

Dated

Source
Begin: 1851
End: 1851

Number of plates

Remarks general

The left image is identical to 1684-1939 in the V&A's collection.

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

Subject name

Crystal Palace

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1048545/daguerreotype/

Stereo plates

Yes

Window size

Height: 67 mm / 2.64 inch
Width: 55 mm / 2.17 inch

Housing size

Height: 84 mm / 3.31 inch
Width: 173 mm / 6.81 inch
Depth: 5.5 mm / 0.22 inch

Window shape

Arched

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: Victoria and Albert Museum, United Kingdom

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Material

Cardboard

Color

Black

Decoration design

no decoration

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks

Binding

Frame

Material: Textile tape
Colour: Black

Finishing paper

Backing

description: Wood frame, wood backing held in place with eight brass screws
Label annotations: On paper label on verso written in blue ink 'GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 STEREOSCOPIC DAGUERREOTYPE showing the EAST (FOREIGN) NAVE.

Cover glass