Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition 1851 The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held), was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fairs, exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century. The event was organised by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, husband of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom.

Famous people of the time attended the Great Exhibition, including Charles Darwin, Karl Marx, Michael Faraday (who assisted with the planning and judging of exhibits), Samuel Colt, members of the Orléanist royal family and the writers Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Lewis Carroll, George Eliot, Alfred Tennyson, and William Makepeace Thackeray. The future Arts and Crafts proponent William Morris, then a teenager, later said he refused to attend the Exhibition on the grounds of taste. The opening music, under the superintendence of William Sterndale Bennett, was directed by George Thomas Smart. The world's first soft drink, Schweppes, was the official sponsor of the event. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Published 1851
    London : Spicer Bros., [1851]
    5 pts. in 3 v. (cxcii, 1469, [8] p.) : ill., folded map.
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    by Timbs, John, 1801-1875
    Published 1851
    London : D. Bogue, 1851.
    iv, 348 p.
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    Published 1851
    London : Tallis, [ca. 1851]
    4 v. : ill.
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    Published 1851
    [London : W. Clowes and Sons, 1851]
    320 p. : plan.
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    by Drury, Anna Harriet
    Published 1852
    London : W. Pickering, 1852.
    16 p. ; 17 cm.
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    Published 1853
    London : D. Bogue, 1853.
    vi, 466 p.
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    London : [s.n., 18--]
    8 p.
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    Published 1851
    London : W. & T. Piper, 1851.
    12 p.
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    Published 1852
    Philadelphia : J.J. Hawkins, 1852.
    148 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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    London, Day and Son, 1851-53.
    2 v. 158 pl. (part col.) 49 cm.
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    by Barlow, Henry Clark, 1806-1876
    Published 1851
    London : Seeleys, 1851.
    36 p.
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    Published 1841
    London : Bradbury and Evans, 1841-
    v. : ill. ; 28-30 cm.
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    Published 1852
    London : Groombridge, 1852.
    32 p.
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    London : Day, 1851-1853.
    2 v. : col. ill. ; 52 cm.
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    Published 1852
    London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852.
    xxviii, 630 p. : ill.
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    Published 1851
    London : Thompson and Davidson, Printers, [1851?]
    4 p.
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    Published 1851
    London, Spicer Bros., and W. Clowes, 1851.
    2 v. (948 p.)
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    London : Houlston & Stoneman, [1851?]
    168, [2], 8 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. ; 14 cm.
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    by Small, John
    Published 1852
    London, E. Wilson, [1852]
    12 p.
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    Published 1851
    London : J. Cassell, [1851]
    xliv, 556 p. [10] folded leaves of plates : ill. ; 26 cm.
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