Paxton Collection

England. London. The Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton. Great
The Crystal Palace. Cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London for Great Exhibition of 1851. Designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865). Victoria and Albert Museum

Advert for Curry & Paxton, binoculars 1934
Curry & Paxton, dispensing opticians, advertising binoculars with leather case. Date: 1934

PAXTON, Joseph (1801-1865). Crystal Palace. 1851. First building with revolutionary modular, prefabricated design, and use of glass. Built for the Universal Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London

The Fountains at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London
The Fountains on the terrace at The Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London Date: 1908

Liverpool - Birkenhead Park - The Lake - Lake with Buildings opposite surrounded by Trees. Part of Box 62 Boswell Collection - Liverpool

Sir Joseph Paxton (1801-1865)
Portrait of Sir Joseph Paxton began life as a gardener and soon became famous for his work at Chatsworth for the Duke of Devonshire, most notably, his glasshouses to house exotic plants

Strawberries
Frogmore Late Pine Sir Joseph Paxton Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury

London - The Crystal Palace at Sydenham. Date: circa 1903

Smithy, Paxton near Berwick on Tweed

The Smithy at Paxton near Berwick on Tweed Victorian period

Music cover, Patches & Powder Entracte by Cecil Wynne Date: 1915

Music cover, Tops and Bottoms, Barn Dance by Theo Bonheur, with cats by Louis Wain Date: 19th century

Music cover, Let Him Go, Let Him Tarry, popular Irish song, arranged by Walter Collins, featured and broadcast by Barbara Mullen Date: 1945

The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, South London - view from the South East. Date: circa 1910s

Walker, London, the successful comedy by J M Barrie at the Theatre Royal, Eastbourne, by Sydney Paxton and Company, from Tooles Theatre, London Date: early 20th century

Photograph of Paxton Hotel, West Norwood, London. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details: Trading Record 1934

Fourth Soviet Flag - Hammer Sickle Red Army Star
Sheet music cover illustration: Cossack Song arranged by Granville Bantock, words by Helen Bantock, music by Ivan I. Dzerzhinski?, 1909-1978. W. Paxton & Co. 1944. Date: 1944

Opening of the Birkenhead docks and parks 1847
Opening of the Birkenhead docks and parks. The park was designed by Joseph Paxton and opened on the 5th April 1847 as the first publicly funded civic park in Britain. Date: 1847

THE GLAZING WAGON 1851
Paxton had to be not only architect but engineer : this glazing wagon enabled the builders to position the glass panels of the roof in an assembly-line process. Date: 1851

Aerial View of the Crystal Palace, Sydenham Hill, London - opened (in this location, following use in Hyde Park for the Great e=Exhibition in 1851)

Greenhouse by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House
Greenhouse ( The Great Conservatory ) of 1837 by Sir Joseph Paxton at Chatsworth House, Derbyshire - demolished in 1920. Date: circa 1910s

Mentmore Towers 1929
Aerial view of Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire. Built in 1855 for Baron Meyer Amschel de Rothschild & designed by Sir Joseph Paxton in the Elizabethan style

Joseph Paxton / Jenkins
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the 1851 Crystal Palace

Birkenhead Park - The Lake - Wirral Peninsula - designed by Joseph Paxton. Date: circa 1890s

Crystal Palce, Sydenham, the Nave under construction
The 1851 Great Exhibition building was remodelled and rebuilt in Sydenham between 1852 and 1854. The nave with the intersection of the North Transept. Date: circa 1853

Sir Charles Fox - 2
SIR CHARLES FOX Engineer, whose projects included the construction of Paxtons Crystal Palace : he lived at Blackheath where our Library is located. Date: 1810 - 1874

Hedgeley FC football team 1934-1935. Back row: Smith, Smith, Hall, Cowans, Dunn (Captain), Chisholm. Front row: Cowans, Paxton, Hall, Carr, Thompson. Date: 1934-1935

Paxton Corner, Batley, Yorkshire
Paxton Corner, Batley, near Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England. Date: 1911

The Great Derby Race for 1851
The Great Derby Race for Eighteen Hundred and Fifty-One. Mr Punch is out front, followed by Joseph Paxton, and then various jockeys from all nations riding a variety of animals - a bull, an elephant

Design for Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton
Design for the Crystal Palace, destined to house the Great Exhibition of 1851, by Joseph Paxton, published in The Illustrated London News, 6 July 1851. Date: 1850

Paxton Memorial
Memorial to sir JOSEPH PAXTON at Coventry. Date: CIRCA 1860

Paxtons Home
JOSEPH PAXTONs home at Chatsworth Date: CIRCA 1860

Sir Joseph Paxton
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON Gardener, designer of conservatories and of the 1851 Crystal Palace. Date: 1801 - 1865

Tritonia aurea
Illustration of Tritonia aurea, from volume 15 (1849) of Paxtons Magazine of Botany, held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

LCC-MFB Sydenham fire station, Crystal Palace
Built by the Metropolitan Board of Works (the forerunner of the London County Council) and opened in 1869, Sydenham fire station was located on Crystal Palace Parade in the shadow of the Crystal

Silhouette of Mr & Mrs Home Robertson with Mrs J. M. Pryor
This striking silhouette shows Mr and Mrs Home Robertson of Paxton House, Berwick-on-Tweed, and Mrs J. M. Pryor, wife of Mr J. M. Pryor, of Dane End, Hertfordshire

View of the Serpentine Walks, Buxton, Derbyshire
View of the Serpentine Walks in the town of Buxton, in the Derbyshire Peak District. The walks were originally landscaped by Joseph Paxton in the 19th century. Date: circa 1920

Crystal Palace at Sydenham - The North Tower
The North Tower, Crystal Palace, Sydenham. The Tower survived the devastating fire of 1936, but was dynamited in 1941 as it proved too clear a guiding beacon for Luftwaffe air attacks on the city of

Banquet given at the Crystal Palace by Sir Joseph and Lady P
Banquet given by Sir Joseph and Lady Paxton in Crystal Palace, London. Paxton (1801-1865) famously built the glass structure to house the Great Exhibition of 1851

Joseph Paxton / Caldesi Cv
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the 1851 Crystal Palace

Joseph Paxton / Anon Photo
SIR JOSEPH PAXTON Architect and horticulturist, designer of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851

Giant Water Lily / 1849
Also known as Victoria Regia. An example is displayed at Chatsworth where a young lady stands on a leaf to demonstrate its strength

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