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The interior of the Greek Court with a copy of the Venus de Milo in the foreground. Other sculptures include the Borghese Gladiator, Ariadne and the sea serpents attacking Laocoon.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004621
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
Plaster copies of sculptures in the Greek Court, showing the seated Mercury, Ariadne and the Arrotino.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004622
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The Gallery of Antique Sculpture with copies of statues, sculptures, and reliefs from antiquity, similar to those which may be seen in the Cast Courts of the Victoria and Albert Museum, which acquired some of the Crystal Palace casts in 1938.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004623
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The facade of the Alhambra Court at the north end of the Fine Art Courts. Based on the Alhambra Palace in Granada, the Court was to contain dining rooms. It was destroyed in the fire of 1866 but recreated in the surviving part of the Crystal Palace.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004624
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The entrance to Alhambra Court of the Crystal Palace. The Court was the creation of Owen Jones who had undertaken a comprehensive study of the Alhambra in the 1830s.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004625
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The fountains playing in the courtyard of the Alhambra Court at Crystal Palace, based on the Lion Fountain from the Court of the Lions in the Alhambra Palace in Granada which was built c.1370 for Mohammed V.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004626
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The exterior of the Byzantine Court with the Tomb of Richard Coeur de Lion in the foreground. The Byzantine style dates from the fifth century AD, and is characterised by the use of domes, arches and lavish surface decoration.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004627
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The facade of the Byzantine Court, which is a copy of the cloister of St Mary in Capitolo, Cologne. Effigies of knights from the Temple Church in the City of London are in front with two statues of St Peter in the foreground.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004628
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The interior of the Court of Christian Art Monuments showing the Sotheby Cross from Pocklington, Yorkshire, found buried in the churchyard in 1835; the Venetian equestrian statue of Colleone by Verrocchio; and the Bridport Tomb in Salisbury Cathedral
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004629
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The interior of the Court of Monuments of Christian Art showing the Wakeman Monument from Tewkesbury Abbey; the statue of Gattamelata by Donatello; the equestrian statue of Colleone; the Bridport Tomb; and a Celtic cross.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004630
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The entrance to the English Mediaeval Court, transferred from the original Crystal Palace building in Hyde Park. It was designed by Augustus Pugin (1812 - 1852), medievalist and architect of the Houses of Parliament.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004631
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The entrance to the Mediaeval Vestibule, designed by Augustus Pugin (1812 - 1852), the renowned architect and writer who championed medieval craftsmanship and style against the classical, influencing the Gothic revival movement.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004632
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The interior of the Mediaeval Court showing the tomb of Humphrey de Bohun (d.1322) from Exeter cathedral; and the tomb of Edward the Black Prince (d.1376) from Canterbury Cathedral.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004633
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The English Mediaeval Court showing examples of Norman and Gothic architecture in the Garden Gallery of the Fine Art Courts.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004634
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The Renaissance Court showing the ceiling by Perugino and the sculpture of the Graces by Germain Pilon, with the Warwick Tomb behind, in the Garden Gallery of Fine Arts Court.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004635
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The tomb of Henry IV from Canterbury Cathedral, and the sculptural relief from the choir of Notre Dame, Paris in the Garden Gallery of the Fine Art Courts.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004636
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The front of the Renaissance Court showing the Italian facade in the style of the Farnese Palazzo, with the Elizabethan facade in the distance.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004637
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The entrance to the Elizabethan Court, which drew on architectural detail from Holland House, Kensington. The Court contained copies of the tombs of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as a bust of Shakespeare.
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004638
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The Florentine tomb of Giuliano de' Medici by Michelangelo in the Italian Court, the two reclining figures representing Night and Day
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004639
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
The Crystal Fountain in the Norwood Transept, which stood 27 feet high (8.3 metres) and was made from 4 tons (4.064 tonnes) of glass, made by Oslers of Birmingham .
Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004640
Type:
Photograph (Digital)