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This watercolour shows the Crystal Palace after it was re-erected in Sydenham in 1854, with its two 200 ft. high water towers which supplied the fountains which are also shown.
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Crystal Palace
Details
Myles Birket Foster, R.W.S. (1825-18990
Crystal Palace
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on buff paper
1 3/8 x 4¼ in. (4.2 x 10.8 cm.)
Crystal Palace
pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, on buff paper
1 3/8 x 4¼ in. (4.2 x 10.8 cm.)
Provenance
with Leger Galleries, London, February 1969.
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