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Fowke Francis Collection

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Captain Fowke, R.E. designer of the Great Exhibition Building, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson

Captain Fowke, R.E. designer of the Great Exhibition Building, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Captain Fowke, R.E. designer of the Great Exhibition Building, 1862. Engraving...from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins, of Parliament-street

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Royal Albert Hall, 1850-1900. Creator: Unknown

Royal Albert Hall, 1850-1900. Creator: Unknown
Royal Albert Hall, 1850-1900. [Circular concert hall in South Kensington]. Albumen print, from the album " Views of London"

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: The Ceramic Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1876, (1881). Creator: John Watkins

The Ceramic Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1876, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
The Ceramic Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1876, (1881). Interior view of the Ceramics Gallery, a tiled and painted room housing the Museums collection of pottery and porcelain

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Central or Loan Court, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: John Watkins

Central or Loan Court, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
Central or Loan Court, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). View of the South Court, a vast two-storey glass roofed gallery, which was considered the centrepiece of the Museum

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Design for a ceiling, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown

Design for a ceiling, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Design for a ceiling, c1860s, (1881). Decorative design for one of the two staircases leading to the lecture theatre at the South Kensington Museum in London

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Central Recess in the Principal Quadrangle, c1860s?, (1881). Creator: John Watkins

Central Recess in the Principal Quadrangle, c1860s?, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
Central Recess in the Principal Quadrangle, c1860s?, (1881). View of part of the facade of the Lecture Theatre on the north side of the quadrangle of the South Kensington Museum

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: The Sheepshanks Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: John Watkins

The Sheepshanks Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: John Watkins
The Sheepshanks Gallery, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Interior view showing exhibition space designed by Captain Francis Fowke

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown

Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Creator: Unknown
Central Door, South Kensington Museum, c1860s, (1881). Original bronze front entrance doors to the South Kensington Museum, (later renamed the Victoria & Albert Museum), in London

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: Interior of the Albert Hall, c1876. Creator: Unknown

Interior of the Albert Hall, c1876. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Albert Hall, c1876. Royal Albert Hall is a concert hall in South Kensington, designed by civil engineers Francis Fowke and Henry Y. D

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: The Horticultural Garden and Exhibition Building, c1876. Creator: Unknown

The Horticultural Garden and Exhibition Building, c1876. Creator: Unknown
The Horticultural Garden and Exhibition Building, c1876. Garden maintained by the Royal Horticultural Society from 1861 to c1886 on what is now Exhibition road

Background imageFowke Francis Collection: The International Exhibition of 1862, (c1876). Creator: Unknown

The International Exhibition of 1862, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition of 1862, (c1876). The Great London Exposition was a world fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington


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