The Foreign Department, viewed towards the transept
Print
1851 (printed and published)
1851 (printed and published)
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| 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
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| Title | The 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 |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'The Foreign Department, viewed towards the transept. Published by Ackermann & Co, 96 Strand. Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen' |
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| 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 created | November 13, 2003 |
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