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Progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham Album

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SubtypeAlbumCreatorPhilip Henry DelamotteHenry Angelo Ludovico NegrettiDate1854DescriptionThe Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, the first world's fair, was held in London in 1851 in a temporary building constructed especially for the event. Named the Crystal Palace, the structure so amazed and impressed the public that after the exhibition ended, the building was dismantled and moved to a permanent site at Sydenham. The major commission of Delamotte's career was the photographic documentation of the reconstruction of the Crystal Palace—one of the early uses of photography for reportage.PlaceLondonEventGreat Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations (1851)Geo Cordsnot specified

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Materials/TechniqueAlbumen silver prints

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InstitutionThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtURLhttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/269618AcknowledgementAlbert E. Marshall, Providence, Rhode Island; (Swann Galleries, New York, February 14, 1952, lot 95); [Richard S. Wormser]

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952

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IdentifierAccession Number: 52.639Recollect FeatureImage Album

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