Lot Essay
Purchased from Christie's South Kensington, 19th January 1984
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Crystal Palace - The Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, London, 1851
painted flats, including nine-piece Palace, as constructed to Sir Joseph Paxton's original design prior to dismantling and re-erection, Queen Victoria's coach with Life Guard escorts, other coaches, sightseers, mounted figures, trees, fencing and gate posts, 1850s-1860s (F-G, Sd, some paint flaking)
(approx 140 pieces)
painted flats, including nine-piece Palace, as constructed to Sir Joseph Paxton's original design prior to dismantling and re-erection, Queen Victoria's coach with Life Guard escorts, other coaches, sightseers, mounted figures, trees, fencing and gate posts, 1850s-1860s (F-G, Sd, some paint flaking)
(approx 140 pieces)