Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)
Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)

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A model of Palaeotherium (meaning 'ancient beast'), commissioned to replace a missing model from 1852–1855 by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894). The Crystal Palace lake statues collectively show several species of extinct mammals, amphibians, therapsids, marine reptiles, pterosaurs and dinosaurs. They represent the first attempt to accurately reconstruct the three dinosaur species known to the scientific world by the 1850s within their geological environment and the sculptures and associated geological strata form a unique display of the state of palaeological understanding in the 1850s, opened five years before the publication of Darwin's 'Origin of Species'. The works are of exceptional historic interest.
Title

Palaeotherium (Crystal Palace Dinosaurs)

Date

2023

Medium

fibreglass

Measurements

H 100 x W 200 x D (?) cm (E)

Accession number

SE11_JK_S115

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Friends of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs and the Crystal Palace Park Trust

Work type

Statue

Owner

Bromley Council

Custodian

Bromley Council

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

3rd July 2023

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Park opening hours.

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Located at

Crystal Palace Park, Bromley

SE11 1HL

Located on the islands in Lower Lake, Crystal Palace Park.