The fine arts' courts in the Crystal Palace.

  • Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England)
Date:
1854
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The fine arts' courts in the Crystal Palace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTICE. The Nineveh, or Assyrian Court in tlie Crystal Palace has been erected from the designs and under the immediate super- intendence of Mr. Pergusson—a gentleman who has especially devoted himself to the study of Assyrian architecture, and has spared no pains to examine and compare every fragment of architectural ornament and detail, as well as every monument which might throw light upon the subject, discovered during the researches of M. Botta and the Author in Assyria, and to consult all the authorities on the question in this country and Prance. He has been ably seconded by Mr. Collman, of Curzon Street, who has applied himself most diligently and successfully to the investigation of the peculiar mode of colouring and ornamentation used by the ancient Assyrians, and has, to a remarkable degree, entered into the spirit of their style of artistic treatment. The colossal Bulls, at some of the entrances, and the Bull-capitals and columns from Persepolis, have been modelled by Mr. Harper from the originals and from careful drawings. The thanks of the Crystal Palace Company are especially due to the Prench government, for its liberality in granting- full permission to their agents to take casts from the Assyrian