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The
illustrated exhibitor, a tribute to the world's industrial jubilee; comprising
sketches, by pen and pencil, of the principal objects in the Great
Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1851.
London, John Cassell.
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weekly from June to December, 1851. Here is shown a "General view of
the American Department." The focus of the illustration is Hiram Powers' famous
sculpture, "The Greek Slave," first produced in marble in 1843.
The original was sold to a Captain Grant in England, reputedly for as
much as £7,000. When exhibited publicly it elicited great praise,
and inspired a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
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Dionysius Lardner, 1793-1859: The Great Exhibition,
and London in 1851. Reviewed by Dr. Lardner, &c.
London, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852.
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The author offers an encyclopedic
overview of the Exhibition (appropriate to the
originator and editor of the Cabinet Cyclopaedia, in 132 volumes,
1830-44). He appends contributions from other writers, including
31 pages of Letters of M. Hector Berlioz, who begins, "I said
'Hug!' like a Mohican, the first time I entered the
edifice. I uttered an English exclamation that I need not repeat,
on entering a second time; and I so far forgot myself as to
suffer a French 'sacrebleu!' to escape me on my third visit .
. .", but since he spends the rest of his letter on a report on the
English musical scene, quite what the meaning of his exclamations
may have been is unclear.
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Recollections of the Great
Exhibition. 1851. London,
Lloyd Brothers & Co., September 1st 1851. KSRL:
19/20 G30; Gift of Mary A. Grant
Hand-coloured lithographs from a suite
of 25 printed by Day and Son, lithographers to the Queen.
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Plate
1: Title page. Showing a dome made at
Coalbrookdale by one of the most famous ironfounders; John Bell's Shakespeare
statue; and a collection of visitors from all over the world. |
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Plate 3: "The
Indian Court and jewels," by H.C. Pidgeon. This shows off the
blue and gold columns and the red structural and trellis girders of
Owen Jones' colour scheme. Clearly, Pidgeon saw this part of the exhibition
with its jewels and its exotic fabrics and clothing as primarily of feminine
interest.
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Plate 6: "View
in the West Nave," by H.C. Pidgeon. An enormous Celtic cross,
a piano, hanging carpets, and a Rood arch (presumably in the ecclesiastical
furniture section).
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Plate
10: "Furniture Court No.1," by Wilson.
Ecclesiastical and civil furniture. To the right may be seen the "Passage
to Machinery." |
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Plate 12: "Part
of the Birmingham Court," by H.C. Pidgeon.
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Plate 15: "Part
of the China Court," by Jno. Absolon. Chinese ceramics, screens,
and lanterns.
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Plate 20: "Part
of the Turkish Court," by W. Goodall. Hookahs, weapons, and
a camel saddle.
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The World's Fair;
or children's prize gift book of the Great Exhibition of 1851. describing
the Beautiful Inventions and Manufactures exhibited therein, with
Pretty Stories about the People who have made and sent them;
and how they live when at Home. London, Thomas Dean and
Son; Ackermann and Co. [1851]
KSRL: Ch 5528
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| A charming
little book, ostensibly about the Great Exhibition, but in fact largely
a very simple geography of the world. The frontispiece and decorative
title-page are hand-coloured. |
