This stereo photograph is of the ‘Grecian Court’ at the Crystal Palace in Sydenham. It is one of the many taken during the 1862 ‘International Exhibition’ by the photographer William England. Two men who have been carefully posed between the pillars on the left can be seen looking directly at the camera.
Photography by William England
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Post by Geoff Barker, Assistant Curator
It took me quite some time to spot the two men, Geoff.
There is also a tinted version of this stereoview in which the two men are absent. Perhaps retouched out.
See it here, No. 15 :
http://www.worldofstereoviews.com/greatexhibitionpage2.htm
And here is a not altogether flattering description of the items in the Grecian Court from “Cassell’s illustrated exhibitor”:
http://books.google.com.au/books?id=4fgGAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA178&ots=kUU9X77veG&dq=Grecian%20Court%20International%20exhibition%201862&pg=PA178#v=onepage&q=&f=false