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Sculpture Court at Crystal Palace, including the Discobolus

Photograph
c. 1855 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Negretti and Zambra (photographers)
Place of origin
London (photographed)

Stereoscopic daguerreotype of the sculpture court at the Crystal Palace, after it was relocated to Sydenham in 1854. Including sculptures of the Discobolus (disco thrower), Athena, and Laocoon. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a passe-partout frame. A Negretti and Zambra label is on the verso of the frame.

Object details

Categories
Photographs
Sculpture
Crystal Palace
Portraits
The Royal Photographic Society
Object type
Photograph
TitleSculpture Court at Crystal Palace, including the Discobolus (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Stereoscopic daguerreotype in a passe-partout frame
Copper
Glass
Metal
Paper (Fiber Product)
Daguerreotype
Photography
Brief description
Photograph by Negretti and Zambra, Sculpture Court at Crystal Palace, stereo daguerreotype, c. 1855.
Physical description
Stereoscopic daguerreotype of the sculpture court at the Crystal Palace, after it was relocated to Sydenham in 1854. Including sculptures of the Discobolus (disco thrower), Athena, and Laocoon. The daguerreotype plates are in a black mount with two rectangular arched windows. This is glazed in a passe-partout frame. A Negretti and Zambra label is on the verso of the frame.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 65mm
  • Image width: 57mm
  • Frame height: 83mm
  • Frame width: 172mm
  • Frame depth: 4mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • PHOTOGRAPHERS TO THE CRYSTAL PALACE COMPANY / H. NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, / Meteorological Instrument / Makers, / AND / OPTICIANS, / No. 11, / HATTON GARDEN, / LONDON. (Company label with two coin logos printed on blue paper pasted onto the verso of the frame.)
  • The Discobolus / Vatican / & / Venus (Handwritten in blue biro onto the verso of the frame.)
  • (Red sticker with '34' on verso of frame.)
Credit line
The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Associated object
PROV.6637-2017 (RPS Group record)
Other numbers
  • XRG1075E - RPS collection - V&A identifier
  • 2003-5001/2/28228 - Science Museum Group accession number
  • Cat no. 34 - RPS identifier - inventory no.
Collection
Department of Photography
Accession number
RPS.559-2017

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Record createdJuly 6, 2017
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1403719/sculpture-court-at-crystal-palace-photograph-negretti-and-zambra/
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