Proposed site for the Crystal Palace in Battersea Park
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
London (published)
- Date:
1851 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Kidd (lithographer)
Benham, T (artist)
Day & Son, Ltd. (Lithographers) - Materials and Techniques:
Printer's ink, paper, lithotint
- Credit Line:
Acquired from Weinreb & Douwma Ltd., London in 1972
- Museum number:
CIRC.251-1972
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level E, case L1 B
Physical description
Lithotint on paper
Place of Origin
London (published)
Date
1851 (published)
Artist/maker
Kidd (lithographer)
Benham, T (artist)
Day & Son, Ltd. (Lithographers)
Materials and Techniques
Printer's ink, paper, lithotint
Marks and inscriptions
T. Benham del, Kidd, lith. Day & Son, Lithrs. to the Queen
Lettered
Dimensions
: 311 mm, : 715 mm, : 464 mm Size of sheet, : 775 mm Size of sheet
Object history note
A view of a proposed lay-out for Battersea Park, showing the Crystal Palace re-erected facing the river immediately opposite the Royal Hospital. The new Chelsea Bridge is shown in the right foreground. The Crystal Palace was eventually re-erected on high ground at Sydenham in South London in 1854.
Descriptive line
By Kidd after T. Benham:'Proposed site for the Crystal Palace in Battersea Park', lithotint on paper, London, 1851
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1972
Materials
Printer's ink; Paper
Techniques
Lithotint
Categories
The Great Exhibition; Great Exhibition; Prints
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
