Exterior view of the Joseph Paxton Memorial, in Crystal Palace Park

Date:
13 Sept 1983
Location:
Crystal Palace Park, Thicket Road, Sydenham, Bromley, Greater London Authority
Reference:
OP04689
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) was the designer of the original Crystal Palace used for the exhibition in Hyde Park in 1851, and subsequently removed to the site in Sydenham in 1854, where it remained until it was destroyed by fire in 1936.

Content

This is part of the Series: RCH01/006 Red Box Collection (Rchme); within the Collection: RCH01 Royal Commission On The Historical Monuments Of England (Rchme) Archive

Rights

© P D BARKSHIRE

People & Organisations

Photographer: Barkshire, Paul David

Keywords

20th Century Statue, Victorian Public Park