Owen Jones (1809-74)
Design for an exhibition building at St Cloud
1860
Pen and watercolour
Museum no. E.10-1937
Given by Dr W.L. Hildburgh FSA

A few years after the Sydenham Crystal Palace was opened, Jones was asked to design its north London counterpart – the ‘Palace of the People’ on Muswell Hill. Facilities were to include a lecture hall, theatre and winter garden. Jones was also asked to design a similar exhibition building in St Cloud, just outside Paris. Unfortunately neither project was built.