View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the King's Road
Print
1851 (printed and published)
1851 (printed and published)
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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.
Object details
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| Title | View from Kensington Gardens, looking down the King's Road (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour lithograph |
| Brief description | Print, showing an exterior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, 1851 |
| Physical description | print, showing an exterior view of the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, 1851 |
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| 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.' |
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| Summary | 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. |
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| Accession number | 19632 |
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| Record created | November 11, 2003 |
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