Palm House, Kew

This albumen print on photographic paper is part of a collection of 44 photographs once belonging to John Reader Jackson (1837-1920) who was a curator at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, museum. Most of the collection depicts different kinds of trees and were probably used for teaching, research and to record his travels. Many images are also of artistic merit.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
73/1921/329
Collection Class
Photographs
Collection Area Region
Northern Europe
Collector Excavator
Jackson, Mr John Reader (from the collection of)
Medium
Albumen print on photographic paper
Common Name
Palm House, Kew
Simple Name
photograph
Period Classification
Victorian (1837-1901); Edwardian (1901-1914)
Production Person Initials
John Reader
Production Person Surname
Jackson

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