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Sheffield Hardware

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

This lithograph shows an interior view of the Great Exhibition in 1851. The venue was the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, central London. The display included a wide variety industrial design products from around Britain and the world.

Here you can see the exhibition space for hardware from Sheffield, including iron fireplaces. Most of the British regions contributed enthusiastically to the exhibition. Local committees promoted and supported it. They gave advice on lodgings and travel arrangements to daytrippers. An estimated one million of the six million visitors came from outside London.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSheffield Hardware (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Print showing a view of the Great Exhibition, 1851
Physical description
print showing the Sheffield Hardware exhibition space in the Great Exhibition of 1851
Dimensions
  • Unframed height: 34cm
  • Unframed width: 48.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Sheffield Hardware. Published by Dickinson Brothers, 114 New Bond Street'
Production
probably 1851
Subjects depicted
Summary
This lithograph shows an interior view of the Great Exhibition in 1851. The venue was the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, central London. The display included a wide variety industrial design products from around Britain and the world.

Here you can see the exhibition space for hardware from Sheffield, including iron fireplaces. Most of the British regions contributed enthusiastically to the exhibition. Local committees promoted and supported it. They gave advice on lodgings and travel arrangements to daytrippers. An estimated one million of the six million visitors came from outside London.
Bibliographic reference
Expo 2010 Shanghai China. World Exposition Museum ISBN: 9787532140503.
Collection
Accession number
19537:6

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Record createdNovember 3, 2003
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