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Print - View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the King's Road
  • View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the King's Road
    Brannan, Phillip
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View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the King's Road

  • Object:

    Print

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (printed and published)

  • Date:

    1851 (printed and published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Brannan, Phillip (draughtsman (artist))
    Robert Carrick, born 1820 - died 1905 (lithographer)
    Ackermann & Co. (publisher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Colour lithograph

  • Museum number:

    19632

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case EDUC, shelf 4

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This image shows the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, during the Great Exhibition in 1851. Here you can see visitors to the exhibition in Kensington Gardens. More than six million people visited the Crystal Palace. Up to one million travelled by rail. They stayed overnight in lodgings in London and had picnics in the park surrounding the Crystal Palace.

Physical description

print, showing an exterior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, 1851

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (printed and published)

Date

1851 (printed and published)

Artist/maker

Brannan, Phillip (draughtsman (artist))
Robert Carrick, born 1820 - died 1905 (lithographer)
Ackermann & Co. (publisher)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

'View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the Kings Road. Published June 9th 1851 by Appointment to Ackermann & Co, 96 Strand by Appointment to the Queen, H.R.H. Prince Albert and the Royal Family. Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen.'

Dimensions

Height: 30.5 cm unframed, Width: 47.7 cm unframed

Descriptive line

Print, showing an exterior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, 1851

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

Expo 2010 Shanghai China. World Exposition Museum ISBN: 9787532140503.
Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.

Exhibition History

The Victoria and Albert Museum: Art and Design For All (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest 14/06/2012-16/09/2012)
The Victoria and Albert Museum: Art and Design For All (Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn 18/11/2011-15/04/2012)
Shanghai Expo (World Expo Museum, Shanghai 01/05/2010-15/11/2010)

Techniques

Lithograph

Subjects depicted

London; Crystal Palace; Hyde Park

Categories

Prints; The Great Exhibition

Collection code

PDP

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