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Ticket

Ticket

  • Place of origin:

    London, England (made)

  • Date:

    1851 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Engraving on card

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mrs. Edith Williams

  • Museum number:

    E.47-1937

  • Gallery location:

    British Galleries, room 122f, case 1

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The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in London’s Hyde Park in 1851. This season admission ticket is an example of Great Exhibition ephemera. The Great Exhibition included examples of industrial design and fine art from all around the world. Foreign travel was unusual at the time, and the exhibition enabled visitors to see the exotic and the unfamiliar for themselves. The most eager visitors acquired season tickets such as this for repeat visits. The exhibition was open from 1 May to 15 October, 1851. For the first four weeks, the tickets were priced at 5 shillings, making them unaffordable to large sections of society. On 26 May, the price was dropped to one shilling.

Physical description

A pink card with decorative edging, text in the middle and on reverse.

Place of Origin

London, England (made)

Date

1851 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Engraving on card

Marks and inscriptions

Season Ticket of Admission
To the Exhibition of the Works of Industry
Of All Nations 1851.
No 21810
Autograph signature of the Proprietor: Mary Ann Frodsham (in ink)

Dimensions

Height: 4.5 cm, Width: 8.3 cm

Descriptive line

Unknown. Season ticket to the Great Exhibition, 1851. Engraving. British, 1851

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1937, London: Board of Education, 1938.
The full text of the record is as follows:

'ANONYMOUS (Invitation Cards and Tickets).

Season Ticket of Admission to the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851.
Signed Mary Ann Frodsham. Lettered as above, and with rules on back.
Engraving.
E.47-1937
Given by Mrs Edith Williams.'

Materials

Printing ink; Card

Techniques

Engraving; Letterpress

Subjects depicted

Exhibitions; Admission tickets

Categories

Prints; Great Exhibition; The Great Exhibition; Ephemera

Collection code

PDP

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