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Sir Joseph Paxton|Lloyd Brothers & Co.|Day & Son, Ltd., London|John Absolon|William Telbin

General View of the Interior (from Recollections of the Great Exhibition)

September 1, 1851
Hand-colored lithograph
29.9 × 39.7 cm (11.8 × 15.6 in)

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