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CONCANEN, Edward.
Remembrances of the Great Exhibition...
The era of the modern world’s fair began with Britain’s Great Exhibition held in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. It came about through the efforts of Queen Victoria’s husband, Prince Albert - who, because of his Continental background, had a special understanding of the potential value of an exhibition showcasing Britain to an international audience - and through Parliament’s adoption of free trade, which, it was hoped, would lead to more sales of British goods abroad. A royal commission chaired by Prince Albert planned the exhibition and held a competition for a building design. Ultimately, however, the commission rejected all the entries submitted and instead chose a design by Joseph Paxton, a greenhouse builder. Paxton’s iron-and-glass structure, dubbed the Crystal Palace, delighted the public and doubtless contributed to the success of the exhibition.
- Published
- Paris: R. Mandeville [and] London: Ackermann & Co., [c.1851-52].
- References
- Not in Abbey or Tooley; Bobins 633.
- Plates
- 21
- Binding/Size
- M=4to
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Paris: R. Mandeville [and] London: Ackermann & Co., [c.1851-52].
- Ref
- 5390
Oblong folio, 21 hand-coloured steel engraved plates, navy stamped cloth gilt; gilt vignette of Crystal Palace on upper board. Bookplate of 'Reginald Dalton Pontifex' to front pastedown. Coloured plates in order: 1. Frontispiece. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.10. Grand State Opening, May 1, 1851. 2. Title page vignette. The Crystal Palace. West End. 3. The Crystal Palace, from the Serpentine. 4. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.2 North Transept. 5. Interior of the Crystal Palace. No.3 6. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.4 From Transept looking East. 7. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.5 From the Transept looking West. 8. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.6 American Department (East End.) 9. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.7 South Transept. 10. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.8 British Department. 11. Interior of the Great Exhibition. No.9. From Dante's Temple. 12. Her Majesty's Boudoir. No.11 13. The Great Exhibition of All Nations. West End. No.12 14. Interior of the Great Exhibition. French & Belgium Departments. No.13 15. Interior of the Great Exhibition. West End, looking East. No.14 16. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Italian Department. No.15 17. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Zollverein Department. No.16 18. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Egypt, Turkey & Greece. No.17 19. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Indian Department. No.18 20. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Russian Department. No.19 21. Interior of the Great Exhibition. Ceylon, Malta & Canadian Departments. No.20
