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View of a display case containing wind instruments made by Adolphe Sax. The instruments received the Council Medal in the class, 'for his invention of several new classes of wind instruments, in wood and metal … Among the inventors of musical instruments, the highest distinction is due to the me...
View of transept, looking north. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of the transept, the fan window at the end largely obscured by the tree in front, with sculpture and a fountain in the foreground. A photograph taken from a more elevated viewpoint than the preceding print.
View of east end of building. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Exterior view looking along façade of the west end of the Crystal Palace. The sky portion of the print has been clearly masked off above the flags fluttering along the roofline.
General view from transept, looking east. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Architectural Photography View along the hall of the Crystal Palace, with sculpture in the foreground. Some overall fading. This photograph, or possibly the frontispiece to volume I, was also shown at the 1852...
Embroidered saddle; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom left corner with monogram 'H. O.' Side view of embroidered and tasselled saddle. Overall fading of print. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.