Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London: south transept and water tower
| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA2682-16 |
| Architect/Designer | Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865)
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| Artist/Photographer | King, Horatio Nelson (1830-1905)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1854 |
| Image Date | 1867 |
| View | Exterior |
| Style | Victorian |
| Medium | Photoprint |
| Library Reference | A211/63 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Black and white |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
NOTES:
Joseph Paxton designed Sydenham Park as the garden setting for his Crystal Palace, which was erected in Hyde Park in 1851 for the Great Exhibition and rebuilt in a greatly enlarged and amended form at Sydenham in 1852-1854. Since this giant glasshouse stood at the summit of a very steep hill, Paxton chose a formal, terraced design, inspired by the Italian villa gardens he had seen whilst on the Grand Tour with the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1838-1839.
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Subject tags
glass, exhibition buildings, fountains, iron, water towers, Feature: High Tech Precursors of High Tech