Preliminary designs for the Commissioners' Estate, South Kensington, London: preliminary designs, rough plan and elevation
Architect/Designer | Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863) |
Artist/Photographer | Cockerell, Charles Robert (1788-1863) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1848 |
Image Date | 1848 |
View | Exterior |
Style | Classical Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | SD112/18(2) |
Orientation | Landscape |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Town planning ; Educational buildings ; Museums |
NOTES: These drawings represent design proposals for the land purchased by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 with the profits from the Great Exhibition. Following the suggestion of Prince Albert, the area, sometimes known as Albertopolis, was to be destined for learned and artistic societies.
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