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A detailed architectural drawing depicts the construction of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, showing the iron framework of the arched transept rising above large trees with workers on scaffolding and ladders.

The Crystal Palace rising in Hyde Park in 1850, the iron ribs of the arched transept half-glazed over the tops of the old elms, timber scaffolds and hoists below, clear morning light from the east through the bare frame, precise fine-liner lines and pencil haze, running to all four edges, flat and square-on Voir plus

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