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This programme looks at the complex and sometimes mysterious circumstances under which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton; making use of a model of the Crystal Palace at the Museum o...f London and various pieces of physical evidence including identical old iron castings at Oxford Station.
This programme looks at the complex and sometimes mysterious circumstances under which the Crystal Palace was designed by Joseph Paxton; making use of a model of the Crystal Palace at the Museum o...f London and various pieces of physical evidence including identical old iron castings at Oxford Station.
| Module code and title: | A102, An arts foundation course |
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| Item code: | A102; 16 |
| First transmission date: | 24-06-1987 |
| Published: | 1987 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:35 |
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| Producer: | Tony Coe |
| Contributor: | Colin Cunningham |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Architectural design; Colt repeating revolver; Crystal Palace; Exhibitions; Great Exhibition; McCormick's reaper; Paxton |
| Subject terms: | Architecture--England--19th century; Building--Methods--19th century; Crystal Palace (London, England); Great Exhibition--1851; Manufacturing processes--Great Britain--19th century; Mass production--Great Britain--History--19th century; Great Britain --History --Victoria, 1837-1901 |
| Master spool number: | HOU5036 |
| Production number: | FOUA211W |
| Videofinder number: | 1444 |
| Available to public: | no |
