‘Dinner given by Sir Joseph Paxton, Tuesday, 12th September, 1854’

‘Dinner given by Sir Joseph Paxton, to his staff at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, Tuesday, 12th September, 1854’,

lithographic menu, embossed, staining and short tears, printed by J. E. Banister, frame verso with a 1p. ALS invite by Paxton to a Mr Snell, presumably the architect Henry Saxon Snell, date and ‘Rockhill’ residence at foot, overall 45 x 38 cm.