Crystal Palace
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A mid-19th-century magazine article on the Crystal Palace, built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. It tells how Joseph Paxton's glass-and-iron design, inspired by his greenhouse for the Victoria Regia lily, replaced the Building Committee's own plan. It then gives the building's dimensions, construction methods, ventilation and drainage, interior color scheme, cost, and proposed future use. One page carries an engraving of the building's exterior.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- c. 1851
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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