Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Royal Albert Hall
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Accession Number:
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186181
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Order Title:
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Archivision Addition Module SEVEN--6,160 images
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Type of View:
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partialView
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View Title:
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Base of the south portico looking out at the Memorial to the Great Exhibition of 1851, and the Royal College of Music beyond
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Date of View:
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5/3/2007
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Image description:
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At Prince Albert¿s insistence the profit from the highly successful Great Exhibition was used to purchase land in South Kensington, familiarly known as "Albertopolis".
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Image Rights:
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¿ Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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Source Institution:
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Archivision, Inc.
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Collection:
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Addition Module SEVEN
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Culture:
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British
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Subject:
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performing arts
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Subject:
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Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
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Subject:
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Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
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Work Types:
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Architecture; cultural / educational buildings; concert halls
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Preferred Title:
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Royal Albert Hall
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Agent Display:
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Francis Fowke (British architect, 1823-1865); Henry Young Darracott Scott (British architect, 1822-1883)
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Date:
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1864-1871 (creation)
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Materials:
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red brick;
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurement:
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72 m (width, ellipse) x 83 m (length, ellipse)
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Locations:
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Location Type:
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(site)
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Style/Period:
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Neoclassical
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Style/Period:
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Nineteenth century
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Style/Period:
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Palladian
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Classification:
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Architecture
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