Interior of Crystal Palace, Sydenham
Photograph
ca. 1852-1860 (made)
ca. 1852-1860 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Philip Delamotte was commissioned to document the reconstruction of the Crystal Palace exhibition building at Sydenham in 1854. The bright light of the glass interior made it possible to take interior 'news' photographs. Delamotte also taught and wrote about photographic techniques, but the committment of his professorship in drawing at King's College, London meant that his career as a photographer was short-lived and by the end of the 1850s his prolific photographic output had ceased.
Object details
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| Title | Interior of Crystal Palace, Sydenham (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Albumen print from wet collodion on glass negative |
| Brief description | Photograph of the interior of Crystal Palace by Delamotte, 19th century. |
| Physical description | Photograph of the interior of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham |
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| Summary | Philip Delamotte was commissioned to document the reconstruction of the Crystal Palace exhibition building at Sydenham in 1854. The bright light of the glass interior made it possible to take interior 'news' photographs. Delamotte also taught and wrote about photographic techniques, but the committment of his professorship in drawing at King's College, London meant that his career as a photographer was short-lived and by the end of the 1850s his prolific photographic output had ceased. |
| Bibliographic reference | Calado, Jorge, Ingenuity, Photography and Engineering 1846-2006,Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, 2007. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 39292 |
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| Record created | January 27, 2004 |
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