Crystal Palace interior view with an avenue of sculptures on plinths, classical in style. possibly casts. An arcade of arches in the interior.

Crystal Palace interior view of a sculpture court with sculptures on plinths, including the Discobolos. There is a view of the Egyptian room behind pillars, with the line of Pharaonic painted figures.

A rare landscape daguerreotype showing Folkestone railway viaduct, part of same group as 2003-5001/2/24693, 28150, 28141 and 28213.

See also 28195

Note on back of case 'Mr. Fred Holmes. Inventor of Dynamo for Lighthouses'. Frederick Hale Holmes pioneered the electrical illumination of lighthouses in the 1850s and 60s. He was the first to use a magneto to supply an arc lamp, in 1853. In 1856, he patented a system to use the magneto to light a lighthouse, which was demonstrated to Faraday in 1857 at Blackwall. Reference: Bowers, B. A History of Electric Light and Power. London: Peter Peregrinus, 1991.