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The Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, was originally built in 1851 for the Great Exhibition at Hyde Park and re-erected here as the Crystal Palace in 1852-1854. Interior view showing work in progress on the heads of the Colossi of Abu Simbal. From 'Photographic Views of The Crystal Palace' by Philip H. Delamotte, published in 1855.

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Details
Collection:	Delamotte
Image type:	Photograph
Artist:	P.H. Delamotte
Ref:	00876
Identifier:	DEL Vol.2 / No.136
Date:	c.1853