Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, Transept, 1852, Paper negative, Image: 30.2 x 40.1 cm (11 7/8 x 15 13/16 in.), Negatives, Benjamin Brecknell Turner (British, 1815–1894), Like many early practitioners, Turner was a gentleman amateur for whom photography was a passion, not a profession. He took up photography in 1849, when the medium was barely a decade old. He was thirty-four, recently married, and had worked in the family's candle and saddle-soap business since age sixteen
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Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, Transept, 1852, Paper negative, Image, 30.2 x 40.1 cm, 11 7/8 15 13/16, Negatives, Benjamin Brecknell Turner, British, 1815–1894, early practitioners, Turner, gentleman amateur, whom photography, passion, profession, up, 1849, medium, barely, decade old, thirty-four, recently married, worked, family, candle, saddle-soap business, age sixteen
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