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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
Plesiosaur
Date
1852–1855
Medium
bricks, iron, stone, steel, tiles, concrete, lead, mortar & paint
Accession number
SE20_ML_S197_5
Acquisition method
commissioned by The Crystal Palace Company
Work type
Statue
Owner
Bromley London Borough Council
Custodian
Bromley London Borough Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade I (England and Wales)
Listing date
29/06/73
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
park opening hours
Crystal Palace Park, Bromley
SE20 8DN
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Palaeotherium -
Head of a Hylaeosaurus -
Megaloceros -
Pterosaur -
Megatherium -
Labyrinthodon -
Dicynodon - 9 more