Nearly forgotten but glorious art, envisionings and historical oddments from the back corners of the internet
The Crystal Palace when it was almost brand new. “Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham.From drawings by eminent artists, and photographs by P.H. Delamotte. With a title-page and literary notices by M. Digby Wyatt.” 1854. Published in London by Day and Son.
Pompeian court. Image 8. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=8Pompeian court seen from the nave. Image 25, Page 13. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=25View in north transcept. Image 33, Page 13. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=33The Egyptian Court – from the nave. Image 36, Page 13. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=36Assyrian Court (I think). Image 39, Page 13. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=39Greek Court from the Nave. Owen Jones, architect. Image 43, Page 17. from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=43Exterior of the Byzantine Court. Image 53, from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=53Renaissance Court from the Nave. Image 64, from Views of the Crystal Palace and park, Sydenham with drawings by various eminent artists. 1854. Day and Son, London, publishers. Collections of the University of California. Artwork in the public domain due to age. via https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c034804187&view=1up&seq=64
On a voyage to see how much mileage I can get from the creative ability and eye for images that my family thought was useless. On line art curator, fiction writer and now blogger. Historian's daughter. Follow me . . .even I have no idea where I'm going next.
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