The Nubian Court
Lithograph
ca. 1854 (made)
ca. 1854 (made)
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The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry for all Nations was closed on the 11th October 1851. The building was bought by the Crystal Palace Company and reconstructed at huge expense at Sydenham, on the outskirts of London, in 1854. A further two storeys were added to the original three used at Hyde Park and the building became much longer. Experts such as Matthew Digby Wyatt and Owen Jones were hired to create and design new courts for the interior. They travelled the world making plaster casts of significant sculptures and monuments. Each court illustrated a particular period in the history of art and were arranged in chronological order around the outside of the building.
This print shows the Nubian Court, designed by Owen Jones, with life-size replicas of Pharoahs and Sphinxes. These, together with the illustrations of visitors in the foregroud, give some sense of the scale of the building.
This print shows the Nubian Court, designed by Owen Jones, with life-size replicas of Pharoahs and Sphinxes. These, together with the illustrations of visitors in the foregroud, give some sense of the scale of the building.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone |
| Brief description | Anonymous lithograph depicting the interior of the Nubian Court at The Crystal Palace in Sydenham. Great Britain, ca. 1854. |
| Physical description | Lithograph, tinted with one tint stone, depicting the interior of the Nubian Court at Crystal Palace. Each lettered with title and 'Interior of the Crystal Palace At Sydenham'. Numbered '7'. The lettering of the titles to plates 7 and 8 is only partly visible, due to trimming. These titles are also inscribed in pencil in a later hand. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Production | The prints may derive from illustrations in M.Digby Wyatt, Views of the Crystal Palace and Park Sydenham, 1854. |
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| Summary | The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry for all Nations was closed on the 11th October 1851. The building was bought by the Crystal Palace Company and reconstructed at huge expense at Sydenham, on the outskirts of London, in 1854. A further two storeys were added to the original three used at Hyde Park and the building became much longer. Experts such as Matthew Digby Wyatt and Owen Jones were hired to create and design new courts for the interior. They travelled the world making plaster casts of significant sculptures and monuments. Each court illustrated a particular period in the history of art and were arranged in chronological order around the outside of the building. This print shows the Nubian Court, designed by Owen Jones, with life-size replicas of Pharoahs and Sphinxes. These, together with the illustrations of visitors in the foregroud, give some sense of the scale of the building. |
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| Accession number | SP.682:2 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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