This trail meanders through a scenic section of Crystal Palace Park in Bromley, around several lake islands.
The 'Crystal Palace Dinosaur' sculptures, made in the mid-1850s, are scientifically and historically important because they represent the first-ever attempt to model extinct animals as full-scale creatures referencing fossils. They remain mostly intact and in the same positions that the sculptor, Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, decided on. They fascinated the public in the nineteenth century, and remain a favourite and iconic fixture of South London.
More information is at http://cpdinosaurs.org and in Mark Witton and Ellinor Michel's book 'The Art and Science of the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs' (The Crowood Press, summer 2022).
Megaloceros 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Megatherium 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Mosasaurus 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Anoplotherium 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Palaeotherium 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Pterosaur 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Iguanodon 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Hylaeosaurus 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Megalosaurus 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Teleosaurus 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Plesiosaur 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Ichthyosaur 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Dicynodon 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Labyrinthodon 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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Head of a Hylaeosaurus 1852–1855
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (1807–1894)
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H 80 x W 90 x D 100 cm
