Sujet
Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Artist: J Jenkins
Légende
Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Paxton (1801-1865) was Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshire's gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace, built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. He set up the Daily News, appointing Charles Dickens as editor, and was Liberal MP for Coventry from 1854. Paxton was born into abject poverty but died a very wealthy man. After a photograph by William Edward Kilburn.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1853
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B66_088
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (3,0Mo) / 24,5cm x 51,0cm / 2896 x 6027 (300dpi)