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The great Chatsworth Conservatory - the interior, from the Central Walk, 1844. Creator: Unknown.

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The great Chatsworth Conservatory - the interior, from the Central Walk, 1844. Tropical plants inside the enormous glasshouse at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. '...the specimens from the lofty and magnificent palms and plantains, the bread-fruit and date, the light and elegant acacias, the aloes, the oranges, citrons, and lemons, the cactuses and ferns, the papyrus, the callows, rice, and every other plant,whatever its original nature or climate - are all in the most luxuriant state of vegetation; and, grouped and arranged as they are, with every attention to picturesque effect - with the lofty palms and plantains...formed into arcades, interspersed with the most fragrant and odoriferous flowers...'. The designer of the glasshouse, Joseph 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_231

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66,0Mo (10,1Mo) / 42,0cm x 39,4cm / 4960 x 4652 (300dpi)

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