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The Foreign Department, viewed towards the transept

Print
1851 (printed and published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This colour lithograph is an interior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. It was the site for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851. The Great Exhibition included examples of industrial design from all around the world. Exhibits classified as Materials are on display on the first floor. These ranged from raw coal to food. You can see some of the foreign pavilions on the ground floor, with the Russian one on the left. Foreign travel was unusual at the time. The pavilions enabled visitors to see the exotic and the unfamiliar for themselves.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Foreign Department, viewed towards the transept (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Print, showing foreign departments in the Great Exhibition, 1851
Physical description
Print showing a view of the Great Exhibition, 1851
Dimensions
  • Unframed height: 29.4cm
  • Unframed width: 46.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'The Foreign Department, viewed towards the transept. Published by Ackermann & Co, 96 Strand. Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen'
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Summary
This colour lithograph is an interior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park. It was the site for the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations in 1851. The Great Exhibition included examples of industrial design from all around the world. Exhibits classified as Materials are on display on the first floor. These ranged from raw coal to food. You can see some of the foreign pavilions on the ground floor, with the Russian one on the left. Foreign travel was unusual at the time. The pavilions enabled visitors to see the exotic and the unfamiliar for themselves.
Collection
Accession number
19625

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Record createdNovember 13, 2003
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