Construction of the 1862 International Exhibition at South Kensington

1862

B. L. Spackman

Associated Names
B. L. Spackman

Artist, British, 1824 - 1879

This is a photograph of a construction site featuring scaffolding and ladders in front of buildings. The image captures a scene at a construction site with a focus on a tall wooden structure supporting a decorative column piece with intricate spiral designs and ornate carvings. Ladders are positioned against the structure, and various wooden beams are arranged around the site. In the background, a row of large, multi-story buildings provides an urban backdrop with uniform windows and architectural details typical of period cityscapes.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Pepita Milmore Memorial Fund

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.4 × 21 cm (8 7/16 × 8 1/4 in.)
    mount: 32.6 × 24.2 cm (12 13/16 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2019.7.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles Schwartz, New York; NGA purchase (through Alan Klotz Gallery, New York), 2019.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Eye of the Sun: Nineteenth-Century Photographs from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019, unnumbered catalogue.

Inscriptions

by unknown hand, upper left in ink: 14; onverso, by unknown hand, upper right in ink: 13

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