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Fire grates; Hoole, Robson, and Hoole. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Display of three decorative cast-iron grates manufactured by Henry E. Hoole, Robson and Hoole of Sheffield, from designs by Alfred Stevens, displaying 'great beauty and artistic intelligence.' (p. 1098). A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal S...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a decorative fountain, by the French manufacturer J. P. V. André: 'The high excellence of the castings by André has already been noticed … A cast-iron fountain in the East Nave is also a meritorious work; though it may be doubted whether cast-iron ...
Design for fountain; André. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a design in the form of a crocodile grasping a fish between its jaws. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of an elaborate cast-iron gateway executed by the Coalbrook Dale Company, who were responsible in 1779 for erecting the first iron bridge in England, at Ironbridge: 'The vast extent of of the contributions by this Company, their variety and very general exc...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of the large glass fountain by F. Osler and Co., in the exhibition hall, with sculptures in the background. Photograph unsigned, but probably by Owen.
Folding doors veneered with malachite; Demidoff. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of a pair of double doors, flanked by two large urns on plinths, made by Demidoff. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Column of Cornish granite; Cheesewring Co. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Monogram 'H. O.' at bottom right corner (partly cropped). View of the granite column, with Greek ionic capital, manufactured by the Cheesewring Granite Company, erected in front of the exhibition building: 'The granite column … is a very beautiful specimen of a stone obtained from ...
Inscription: Monogram 'H. O.' at bottom right corner. Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of ornately carved fireplace. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
View of Eastern Nave. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view looking along the nave of the Crystal Palace, with sculpture on display along the central aisle. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Window in plaster; Tunis. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner of window with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of a plaster model of a marble lattice-work window from Tunis. Overall fading. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photog...