Stationery
Print
1851 (published)
1851 (published)
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This is one of a set of colour lithographic prints published as a boxed set under the title Lloyd’s Recollections of the Great Exhibition 1851.
This view depicts the exhibition stand of the London stationer’s De la Rue, featuring the company’s stationery products and an envelope-folding machine.
The displays at the Great Exhibition varied from raw materials such as coal, to the latest in agricultural machinery to fine arts such as sculpture. The Great Exhibition also aimed to show the latest innovations in mass production and machinery, such as the machine seen here.
This view depicts the exhibition stand of the London stationer’s De la Rue, featuring the company’s stationery products and an envelope-folding machine.
The displays at the Great Exhibition varied from raw materials such as coal, to the latest in agricultural machinery to fine arts such as sculpture. The Great Exhibition also aimed to show the latest innovations in mass production and machinery, such as the machine seen here.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Stationery (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper with watercolour |
| Brief description | Stationery at the Great Exhibition, lithograph, British, 1851 |
| Physical description | A print showing a view of stationery products at the Great Exhibition |
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| Summary | This is one of a set of colour lithographic prints published as a boxed set under the title Lloyd’s Recollections of the Great Exhibition 1851. This view depicts the exhibition stand of the London stationer’s De la Rue, featuring the company’s stationery products and an envelope-folding machine. The displays at the Great Exhibition varied from raw materials such as coal, to the latest in agricultural machinery to fine arts such as sculpture. The Great Exhibition also aimed to show the latest innovations in mass production and machinery, such as the machine seen here. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 19538:7 |
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| Record created | February 24, 2006 |
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