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The great Chatsworth Conservatory - the exterior, from the Italian Terrace, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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The great Chatsworth Conservatory - the exterior, from the Italian Terrace, 1844. View of the enormous glasshouse at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. 'The building itself contains one acre of ground, and is, in plan, of the form of a "trefoil", wholly composed of glass, arranged in the "ridge-and-furrow" plan...The whole of the design, arrangements, and management of this splendid pile are under the direction of Mr. [Joseph] Paxton, head gardener to his Grace the Duke of Devonshire...'. Paxton went on the design the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM21A06_212

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33,6Mo (3,6Mo) / 42,0cm x 20,1cm / 4960 x 2370 (300dpi)

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building buildings England glass technology house houses architecture British Victorian century Britain newspapers press conservatory derbyshire B&W country house stately home glasshouse 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Chatsworth House Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper engraving landscape Unknown Sir Joseph Paxton Paxton Joseph Paxton Joseph Sir Joseph