Progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham

Philip Henry Delamotte|Henry Angelo Ludovico Negretti

1854 · Albumen silver prints · Photographs

The 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.

Artist

Philip Henry Delamotte|Henry Angelo Ludovico Negretti

Date

1854

Medium

Albumen silver prints

Department

Photographs

Credit line

David Hunter McAlpin Fund, 1952