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The front of the Nineveh Court showing the winged bulls, huge sculptures with crowned heads, eagles wings and the body of the wild bull, representing spiritual guardians. They have five legs each, and can be interpreted as standing or walking.

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004617
Type:
Photograph (Digital)

The Egyptian Court showing the portico from the Memnonium, Thebes, the statues representing the god Osiris. The temple was part of a large complex built by Rameses II.

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004620
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 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 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 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 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 atrium of the Pompeian House, a reproduction of the house of an inhabitant of Pompeii, showing the typical plan of an impressive central hall from which the other rooms opened, the pool in the foreground to collect rainwater from the rooflight.

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
DP004643
Type:
Photograph (Digital)

Fountain Basin, Tropical End and Front of Nineveh Court

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/002
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Entrance to Alhambra Court

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/003
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Entrance to Egyptian Court

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/004
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Front of Nineveh Court

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/006
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Garden Front, Terrace, Fountains Playing

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/009
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Fountain in Tropical Basin (Nineveh Court)

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/010
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)

Norwood Transept, Crystal Fountain

Date:
c.1859
Location:
Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, Bromley, Greater London Authority, SE19
Reference:
AL1906/012
Type:
Photograph (Albumen Print)