Publication:
London : Published for the proprietors by George Virtue, [1851]
Physical Description: xxvi, 328, [62] pages, [4] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some color), 1 portrait ; 34 cm Language: English Staff View: MARC Record OCLC Number: 1008249161 LCCN: 12012346 Uniform Title: Art-journal (London, England : 1849-1912). Special supplement.
Art-journal (London, England : 1849-1912).
Art-journal (London, England : 1849-1912). 1851. Special supplement.
Art-journal (London, England : 1849-1912). 1851. Special supplement
Contents: History of the Great Exhibition. -- The Art-journal illustrated catalogue ofthe industry of all nations. -- The science of the Exhibition / by Robert Hunt. -- The harmony of colours as exemplified in the Exhibition / by Mrs Merrifield. -- On the vegetable world as contributing to the Great Exhibition / by Edward Forbes. -- The machinery of the Exhibition as applied to textile manufactures / by Lewis D.B. Gordon. -- The Exhibition as a lesson in taste : an essay on ornamental art as displayed in the industrial exhibition in Hyde Park, in which the different styles are compared with a view to the improvement of taste in home manufactures / by Ralph Nicholson Wornum.
Subjects: Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Catalogs.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Periodicals.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Pictorial works.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Great Exhibition.
Decorative arts Exhibitions.
Decorative arts.
Bookplates England 1850-1899.
Bosses England 1851.
Bronze shields (motifs) England 1851.
Engraved portraits England 1851.
Engraved title pages England 1851.
Goatskin bindings England 1851.
Marbled papers England 1851.
Monochrome lithographs England 1851.
Rolls (patterns) England 1851.
Steel engravings England 1851.
Turn-ins England 1851.
Wood engravings England 1851.
Exhibition catalogues England 1851.
Supplements England 1851.
Catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Periodicals.
Pictorial works.
Armorial bookplates England 1850-1899.
Wood-engraved printers' ornaments England 1851.
Decorative arts Exhibitions British Isles 1851.
Industrial design Exhibitions British Isles 1851.
Summary: Catalogue of the principal contents of the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a brief history of the building and of the project from its commenment up to the time of publication.
Genre: Wood-engraved printers' ornaments
Bookplates
Bosses
Bronze shields (motifs)
Engraved portraits
Engraved title pages
Goatskin bindings
Marbled papers
Monochrome lithographs
Rolls (patterns)
Steel engravings
Turn-ins
Wood engravings
Exhibition catalogues
Supplements
Catalogs.
Exhibition catalogs.
Periodicals.
Pictorial works.
Armorial bookplates
Exhibitions.
Notes: Bound in brown morocco with raised bands on spine; with gold roll tooled turn-ins, marbled endpapers and gilt edges; a bronze shield motif incorporated into upper board.
Engraved t.p. designed by Luke Limner and engraved by the Dalziel Brothers.
Illustrated throughout with wood-engravings; list of illustrations at front.
Published as a special supplement to the main sequence of The Art-journal ; the engravings were republished from issues of the Art-journal published during 1851.
Special edition published with additional engraved plates not published in other copies; it also has a special binding.
The bronze shield was executed by Henry Elkington, Feb 20 1851 (inscription on shield) from a design by Luke Limner, which he exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851.
The winning essay in the Art journal prize essay competition for "An essay on the best mode of rendering the Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations ... practically useful to the British manufacturer"; the prize of one hundred guineas was won by Ralph Nicholson Wornum for his essay The Exhibition as a lesson in taste.
With four essays on various aspects of the Exhibition ([62] p. at end in various pagings).
With portrait of Prince Albert opposite t.p.; engraved by F. Bacon from a painting by W.C. Ross; dated Sept. 8th 1841 published by Colnaghi and Puckle.
With two monochrome lithographs of views inside the Crystal Palace; lithographed by G. Hawkins and published on June 9th 1851 by Day & Son and Ackermann & Co.
With view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park (folded after t.p.) ; "engraved on steel by E. Challis, from a drawing by E. Walker. Published by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, Nov 10th 1850 and by Day & Son, 17, Gate St., Lincolns Inn Fields."
With wood-engraved ornaments designed by W. Harry Rogers.
Copy [D] bequeathed by the Rev. Chauncy Hare Townshend.
Copy [D] contains etched armorial bookplate pasted to fly-leaf: "Artes Honorabit. Chauncy Hare-Townshend".
Price : 21s.
With wood-engraved head and tail pieces and other ornaments designed by W. Harry Rogers.
With view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park (folded after t.p.) ; "engraved on steel by E. Challis, from a drawing by E. Walker. Published by Ackermann & Co., 96 Strand, Nov 10th 1850 and by Day & Son, 17, Gate St., Lincolns Inn Fields".
All Library's copies bound in blue cloth, between 1931 and 1957 (NAL collation).
Library also holds a special edition with additional plates and a commemorative binding and a 1970 reprint.
Library holds four copies.
Contents: History of the Great Exhibition. -- The Art-journal illustrated catalogue of the industry of all nations. -- The science of the Exhibition / by Robert Hunt. -- The harmony of colours as exemplified in the Exhibition / by Mrs Merrifield. -- On the vegetable world as contributing to the Great Exhibition / by Edward Forbes. -- The machinery of the Exhibition as applied to textile manufactures / by Lewis D. B. Gordon. -- The Exhibition as a lesson in taste : an essay on ornamental art as displayed in the industrial exhibition in Hyde Park, in which the different styles are compared with a view to the improvement of taste in home manufactures / by Ralph Nicholson Wornum.
Dilke, p.6.
Contents: History of the Great Exhibition. -- The Art-journal illustrated catalogue ofthe industry of all nations. -- The science of the Exhibition / by Robert Hunt. -- The harmony of colours as exemplified in the Exhibition / by Mrs Merrifield. -- On the vegetable world as contributing to the Great Exhibition / by Edward Forbes. -- The machinery of the Exhibition as applied to textile manufactures / by Lewis D. B. Gordon. -- The Exhibition as a lesson in taste : an essay on ornamental art as displayed in the industrial exhibition in Hyde Park, in which the different styles are compared with a view to the improvement of taste in home manufactures / by Ralph Nicholson Wornum.