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Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Artist: J Jenkins

Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Artist: J Jenkins

1-158-621 - Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Joseph Paxton, English gardener and architect, 1853. Paxton (1801-1865) was Superintendent of the Duke of Devonshire's gardens at Chiswick and Chatsworth from 1826, and designer of the Crystal Palace, built to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. He set up the Daily News, appointing Charles Dickens as editor, and was Liberal MP for Coventry from 1854. Paxton was born into abject poverty but died a very wealthy man. After a photograph by William Edward Kilburn.

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Creator
  1. J Jenkins, attributed to: British: Artist, engraver
After
  1. William Edward Kilburn: British: Photographer, daguerrotypist
Subject
  1. Sir Joseph Paxton: British: Architect, gardener
Medium
  1. Engraving
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 2896x6027
File Size : 51,136kb

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  1. 9051
  1. 0460001200
  1. 1-158-621
  1. 1158621
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  1. 9051
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