Sujet

Gigantic Christmas-Tree, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Gigantic Christmas-Tree, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Festivities in south London: '...a Christmas-Tree of gigantic proportions, to correspond with the stupendous Palace of Glass. The stupendous festive trophy occupies the centre of the Great Transept. The general design has been very cleverly carried out by Mr. Hurwitz...This monster Tree is loaded with a variety of brilliant ornaments and nicknacks, a profusion ol large and small elegant Chinese lamps, and a number of flags and banners of all nations...The square platform on which the great Tree rests is formed of large mirrors, and these reflect the decorations and multiply the trees and other ornaments, giving much lightness and brilliancy to the arrangement'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22B07_309

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

42,8Mo (4,0Mo) / 24,4cm x 43,9cm / 2884 x 5184 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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