1854 | Europe - Great Britain![]() Philip Henry Delamotte, 1859 (ca), Statues of the Egyptian pharaoh Rameses II were copied from the temple of Abu Simbel, [Crystal Palace], National Monuments Record, English Heritage, | Philip Henry Delamotte photographs the opening ceremony of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. This is the culmination of his study of the entire rebuilding process and is one of the first examples of photojournalism. |