View of the Crystal Palace and its surrounding park, Sydenham, Bromley, London Size:M: 75 x 50cm The image has been laterally

The image has been laterally inverted for use with a vue d' optique viewing box

and a figure on horseback seen through the entrance

Interior view of the Coal Exchange

Petersham is now in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

View of the Crystal Palace and its surrounding park, Sydenham, Bromley, London Size:M: 75 x 50cm The image has been laterallyView of the Crystal Palace and its surrounding park, Sydenham, Bromley, London, 1854. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton for the Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palace was later moved to Sydenham as part of an amusement park. It was destroyed by fire during the night of 30th November 1936.