Author: Samuel PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Guide to the Crystal Palace and Its Park and Gardens
Author: Samuel PhillipsGuide to the Crystal Palace and Park
Author: Samuel PhillipsGuide to the Crystal Palace and Its Park and Gardens
Author: Samuel PhillipsDelamotte's Crystal Palace
Author: Ian LeithPublisher: Historic England
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
This book presents 47 photographs, which were all taken in 1859 by Philip Henry Delamotte and showed the interior of the Crystal Palace after it had been rebuilt in Sydenham, London and before it was destroyed for the first time by fire in 1866. These photographs are now housed in English Heritage's photographic archive, the National Monuments Record. All 47 photographs are beautifully reproduced in this book, as well as shots of the building in its original Hyde Park site where it was built for the great exhibition of 1851. Also included are views of the Crystal Palace when it was rebuilt after the 1866 fire and then when it was destroyed again by fire in 1936. The book also tells the story of this legendary Victorian pleasure dome and its many incarnations. Much of our previous knowledge of this important building and its contents came almost entirely from engravings. The reproduction of these high quality original photographs allows, for the first time, a much fuller appreciation of one of the most important architectural and cultural features of mid-Victorian England, which in its heyday was visited by many millions of people.
The Crystal Palace
Author: Patrick BeaverPublisher: History Press
ISBN: 9781860771989
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Crystal Palace was built in Hyde Park to house the treasures of the world for the Great Exhibition of 1851. It became a microcosm of Victorian life, industry and leisure, reflecting every aspect of its age. Designed by Joseph Paxton as a temporary structure its success meant that when it closed it was moved to Sydenham and rebuilt. "... widely regarded as the most authoritative book written about the history of the famous glass Crystal Palace ... " Kentish Times
Guide to the Crystal Palace and Park
Author: Samuel PhillipsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Exhibition buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Crystal Palace Penny Guide
Author: Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
What is to Become of the Crystal Palace?
Author: Sir Joseph PaxtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Crystal Palace
Author: Thames Path in London
Author: Phoebe ClaphamPublisher: Aurum
ISBN: 1781318190
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
A completely new Trail Guide dedicated to the London section of the Thames Path from Hampton Court to the Thames Barrier. Until now, Aurum’s popular one-volume Thames Path guide has had all too little room to cover the endlessly rich array of sights and history along its London section – something to look at literally every yard of the way. Now, Aurum publishes a completely new walker’s guide just to the London Thames, laid out to its new full-colour Trail Guide design, and including the extension to Crayford . Here is all the history along the river from the Mesolithic Period timber piles near Vauxhall Bridge to the new Shard skyscraper shooting skywards at London Bridge. It covers all the folklore from the famous frost fairs to the much-lamented beach near Tower Bridge, not forgetting the poignant recent visit of a large whale to the centre of London. The Thames winds all the way through London’s history and culture, from Henry VIII’s Hampton Court to the chequered fate of the Dome/O2: the London resident as much as the visiting tourist will find in this guide something new every step of the way.