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Well Falkor, youre definitely raising the bar. Any thoughts on an acquarium thread?

No mystery where these came from! http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/egypt2.jpg Paul Robeson at the Palace. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/egypt1.jpg Nave - East facade after the fire of 1936. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos...

Nice one, are they "Talbots?" http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/gordon1.jpg General Gordon of Khartoum, 1890 by Edward Onslow Ford (1852-1901) now at Gordon Boys School, Woking. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/thelastcallcharlesbellbirch.jp...

In the south east corner of the building was the "Old World" section of the Natural History department. This sought to display the many races of man, set within the relevant animals and plants. THE OLD WORLD. On entering this section of the department will be found two case of South Africa...

SOUTH TRANSEPT East/Park Side. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-eJXrfIsdF9k/WsmTjP5ipVI/AAAAAAAADPE/GP66Gog5Gv81TpbrvxJJic_j_3N-Q0MegCLcBGAs/s1600/s%2Bnave.jpg South Transept - West side during construction Delamotte NOTE. This end of the South Transept had the Gutenburg monument by Baron von Launitz in ...

THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS COURT. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6pHHWW0UIx4/WsmSFTOw08I/AAAAAAAADOs/QXFA7AA85hgJQ5U1ynORoz3qrP4NRasEQCLcBGAs/s1600/the%2Bmusical%2Binstruments%2Bgroup.jpg Engraving 1854 - "The Builder" This Court displays much invented fancy in its general design and execution, ...

PRINTED FABRICS COURT. This court represents a branch of trade peculiarly belonging to England, and one indeed, in which, until of late, she has been almost without a competitor; viz., the manufacture and printing of cotton and woollen goods. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SRZIxHeGRgY/WsmQd4DBI0I/AAAAA...

MIXED FABRICS COURT. This Court has been erected by Professor Gottfried Semper. https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AJ3Auk5SgAM/WsmN1YkTAJI/AAAAAAAADNQ/Xgsu856oJTAr27LSVoe30yo1Gl9VVJDRQCLcBGAs/s1600/Gottfried_Semper.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Semper It is divided into two parts; one covered ...

"INDUSTRIAL" COURTS OF THE SOUTH NAVE. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DveHhIzRDio/Wsl8kQg756I/AAAAAAAADMQ/4mPvAYvfW4UhgT9lQOzD00-BYcuSShPJgCLcBGAs/s1600/industrial%2Bcourts%2Bmap.jpg FOREIGN INDUSTRIAL COURT. At this point of the nave, next to the Foreign Court, and turning left "towards ...

FRENCH AND ITALIAN SCULPTURE COURT / CONCERT HALL. Opposite to the Court of Christian monuments, was the Court of French and Italian Sculpture, in a short space of time this became the Concert Hall, with it's own organ, so images of it while still showing sculpture are unusual. http://i242.photobuc...

CENTRAL TRANSEPT - East/Park Side. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/centraltranseptgardenside.jpg Delamotte. 1854 Central transept, looking west towards the park. Colleone by Verrochio in his original position. http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/MAA18...

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/map.jpg Plan of the Centre Transept, showing all the Courts of Sculpture, with the first floor shaded in by myself. Only ever published in the first guide of 1854, and although numbered, no key was ever given. COURT OF CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS - ...

THE ITALIAN COURT. The Court before which we stand is founded on a portion of the finest palatial edifice in Rome,-- the Farnese Palace, commenced by the architect Antonio Sangallo, for Cardinal Farnese, and finished under the direction of Michelangelo. http://img196.imageshack.us/img196/9613/prosp...

THE ELIZABETHAN VESTIBULE. https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lWB4APoZgfs/Wsl0_6vKchI/AAAAAAAADLA/kbG5Z5cB61I8m5rF7KpMJUsvVxndNutlgCLcBGAs/s1600/%252315%2BElizabethan%2BCourt%2Bfrom%2Bthe%2Bnave.jpg Day & Son Portfolio. The architectural details in this Court are taken from Holland House, at Kensington...

THE RENAISSANCE COURT. https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-a2qfQm6pHpg/Wslzy-AnKnI/AAAAAAAADK0/8bhyaMwq4KERK1sxXnVo16XjiTMWaOhOACLcBGAs/s1600/dp004637.jpg Facade from the nave. Source: Delamotte Ca 1859 - English Heritage The façade before us is a restored copy of a portion of the Hotel Bourgtheroulde, at R...

FRENCH AND ITALIAN MEDIAEVAL VESTIBULE On the walls of which, on the ground row, are ranged a series of arches from the choir of Notre-Dame, at Paris, the greater number of the canopies which surmount them being taken from the Cathedral of Chartres, both fine examples of early French Gothic art. Th...

ENGLISH MEDIAEVAL COURT http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/mediaevalcourtfacademathewdigbywyat.jpg Watercolour of the facade of the Mediaeval Court, Crystal Palace by the architect Mathew Digby Wyatt. Source V&A http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/fa...

GERMAN MEDIAEVAL VESTIBULE These vestibules, which alternated with the main architectural courts, were a third the size. 2x 3 units square of the Paxton units of 3x 8ft units. If youre into Numerology, you'd have a field day with the Palace and the terraces. To visualise them, a 24 feet square unit...

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/anthonyleblondebayfeb2006.jpg http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff70/boringname_photos/leblond_brothers_thecrystalpalace.jpg 2 Le Blond prints. "Abraham Le Blond of Le Blond & Co. became the first Baxter licensee in 1849. From 1850...