W Poole RA' scratched on to cover glass

Crystal Palace interior view of a sculpture court . There is an military band playing in a curved formation to a largely female audience wearing bonnets,viewed from above, with a tree in a tub in the foreground. There are flags in the background. The occasion is not known.

Portrait of three children, presumably a brother and two sisters, standing, arms linked. Boy in dark suit with wide white collar. Sisters wearing identical dresses.

Stamped crest on front of case: BY APPOINTMENT MR. KILBURN 234 REGENT STREET. Lightly hand coloured. Decorative preserver present.

T R Williams opened his photographic studios in 236 Regent Street in 1854. Inscription scratched on to mat, bottom left corner, is T.R.W. London