Great Exhibition 1851 Collection

Exterior of the north transept of the Crystal Palace, London, built for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert

The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1, 1901. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1, (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) opening the Great Exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Londons Hyde Park

The Statue of the Prince Consort on the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Statue of the Prince Consort on the Albert Memorial, Hyde Park, 1876. The colossal bronze-gilt statue of the Prince Consort by the late Mr

Sevres Vase presented to H.R.H. Prince Albert by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, 185 Creator: Unknown
Sevres Vase presented to H.R.H. Prince Albert by His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, 1856. Porcelain vase...designed to commemorate the Great Exhibition in Hyde-park

Dinner in the Crystal Palace, in Celebration of the Centenary of the Society of Arts, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Dinner in the Crystal Palace, in Celebration of the Centenary of the Society of Arts, 1854. As the Society of Arts claims the honour of the parentage of the Great Exhibition of 1851

Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. Creator: Unknown
Sadler's Wells - Scene from "Harlequin and the House that Jack Built in 1851", 1850. London stage production

Gun and Mortar from Bomarsund, at the Crystal Palace, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Gun and Mortar from Bomarsund, at the Crystal Palace, 1854. Cannon captured during the Crimean War, on display in south London

Gigantic Christmas-Tree, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Gigantic Christmas-Tree, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Festivities in south London:a Christmas-Tree of gigantic proportions, to correspond with the stupendous Palace of Glass

Fete at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday last - The Guides Band, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Fete at the Crystal Palace, on Saturday last - The Guides Band, 1854. Fund-raising event at Sydenham in south London....the band of the French Imperial Regiment Les Guides had come from Paris...the

The Greek Court, at the Crystal Palace, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Greek Court, at the Crystal Palace, 1854. Replicas of Ancient Greek sculptures in south London: Discobolus and Venus de Milo

The English Mediaeval Court, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The English Mediaeval Court, at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, [South London], 1854....the central monument is the splendid altar-tomb and recumbent effigies of Edward the Black Prince

The Crystal Palace - the Egyptian Court - Entrance to the Tomb of Beni Hassan, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace - the Egyptian Court - Entrance to the Tomb of Beni Hassan, 1854. Exhibition at Sydenham in south London....we find ourselves in a dark tomb copied from one at Beni Hassan

The Crystal Palace - Entrance to the Egyptian Court from the Nave, by the Avenue of Lions, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace - Entrance to the Egyptian Court from the Nave, by the Avenue of Lions, 1854. Replicas of Ancient Egyptian sculpture and architecture at Sydenham in south London

The Crystal Palace at Sydenham - the Egyptian Avenue: Colossal Figures from Aboo Simbel, 1854. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham - the Egyptian Avenue: Colossal Figures from Aboo Simbel, 1854. Replicas of Ancient Egyptian scuptures from the temple of Abu Simbel, on display in South London

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medal (£100) - M. Hippolyte Bonnardel, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medal (£100) - M. Hippolyte Bonnardel, 1850. Mercury holding a female figure by the hand (intended to represent Industry apparently, from the anvil, locomotive)

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£100 each) - Mr. G. G. Adams, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£100 each) - Mr. G. G. Adams, 1850....a gracefully modelled group, in low relief, of Fame, Industry, and Commerce

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£100 each) - Mr. Leonard C. Wyon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£100 each) - Mr. Leonard C. Wyon, 1850. Britannia, seated, is placing with one hand a laurel wreath on the head of an emblematical figure of Industry;

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Raising the Ribs of the Transept Roof, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Raising the Ribs of the Transept Roof, 1850. The extraordinary resources of the contractors of the "Crystal Palace" have had no fitter occasion

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Moving a Pair of Transept Ribs... 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Moving a Pair of Transept Ribs, Framed Together, Previous to Hoisting, 1850. When the frame of double ribs is moved to its horizontal position above

Manufacture of Glass for "The Crystal Palace"...Birmingham, 1850. Creator:s Read
Manufacture of Glass for "The Crystal Palace", at Messrs. Chance's Works, Spon-Lane, near Birmingham, 1850. Workers making an...immense quantity of plate glass required for

The Royal Table, and Mayoralty Insignia, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Royal Table, and Mayoralty Insignia, 1850. Banquet held in York to celebrate the forthcoming Great Exhibition. The centrepiece was...a magnificent ornamental design of M

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Gutter-Cutting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Gutter-Cutting Machine, 1850. It must be borne in mind, that, besides the rain-water gutter in the top of the timber

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Painting Machine, 1850. View of...the sash-bar painting apparatus...One of the sash-bars is occasionally passed between the brushes, to keep them clean

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Testing the Girders, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Testing the Girders, 1850. This is effected by means of the hydraulic press invented by Mr

Great Exhibition Building - Paying the Workmen, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition Building - Paying the Workmen, 1850....the exterior of the pay-office is seen on the right, with a workman in the act of taking from the box his weekly wages

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Punching Machine, 1850. View of...the operations of punching bolt-holes in the bars of iron, and cutting off the ends by the shears

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Drilling Machine, 1850. One of Nathan Gough's four-horse vertical high-pressure engines is used for giving motion to the drilling

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Base of Column, 1850....the construction of drainage is shown

The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Glazing the Roof, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park, for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - Glazing the Roof, 1850....three bays, each eight feet wide, and co-extensive with one 24-feet trussed girder, are clearly shewn

The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - the Transept - (Looking North), 1850. View of...the stately trees for whose especial protection the transept was added to Mr

The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - General View of the Works, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Building in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851 - General View of the Works, 1850. The scene on the ground is one of infinite bustle, and yet order

The Great Exhibition of 1851 - General View of the Works - (Looking East), 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition of 1851 - General View of the Works - (Looking East), 1850. In the view of the Building Works looking East - which was taken from an elevated position on the south side of

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Unloading Girders, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Unloading Girders, 1850. View of...the large crane, by which the cast-iron girders are unloaded from the waggon - one of Pickford's in the present

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Adzing and Planing Machinery, 1850. The machinery requisite for this twofold operation is fixed on a long deal bench, breast-high from the floor

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Cutting Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Cutting Machine, 1850. The timbers to be planed by the machine are placed on the top of a traversing stage

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Plane - Showing Cutter, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Circular Plane - Showing Cutter, 1850. We were informed that this...is only the second machine of the kind which has been put up. It is patented by W

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Adze, 1850. View of...a solid two-armed stout iron stock; to the end of each arm is attached an adze, 10½ inches long, and 4½ inches wide

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - the Sash-Bar Finishing Machine, 1850. As in every other part of the works the utmost skill is displayed with regard to economising power

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Glazing Wagon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Glazing Wagon, 1850. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition Building in Hyde Park - Portion of the South Front, 1850. The South Front of the "Industrial Palace" towards the Kensington-road...when completed

The Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Sash-Bar Machine, for the Great Exhibition Building, in Hyde Park, 1850....we find a communication from Mr. Paxton on this subject, dated 13th March, 1840, in which he says that

Banquet in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion-House, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Banquet in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion-House, 1850. Dinner celebrating plans for the Great Exhibition of 1851: the Prince Consort taking the seat of honour on the right of the Lord Mayor...the

The Great Exhibition of 1851- Levee at the Mansion-House, on Thursday, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition of 1851- Levee at the Mansion-House, on Thursday, 1850....the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave a grand entertainment to his Royal Highness Prince Albert

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Progress of the Building in Hyde Park, 1850. The progress of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition, next year

Banquet given by the Mayor of Southampton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Banquet given by the Mayor of Southampton to the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs of London, 1850. Dinner given by Richard Andrews, Mayor of Southampton in Hampshire

Meeting of the Ladies Committee...in Aid of the Great Exhibition... 1850. Creator: Smyth
Meeting of the Ladies Committee at Stafford House in Aid of the Great Exhibition of Industry of all Nations, in 1851, 1850

The Great Exhibition of Industry, 1851 - Meeting at the Mansion-House, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Great Exhibition of Industry, 1851 - Meeting at the Mansion-House, 1850....a meeting of the merchants, bankers, and traders of the city of London was held at the Egyptian Hall...for the purpose

Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£50 each) - No. 68. - M. Gayrard, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Exhibition of 1851 - Prize Medals (£50 each) - No. 68. - M. Gayrard, 1850. Her Majesty's Commissioners for promoting the Exhibition of 1851 give notice, that

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"The Great Exhibition 1851: A Spectacle of Innovation and Beauty" Step into the grandeur of The Crystal Palace, a marvel in Hyde Park that opened its doors on May 1, 1851, inaugurated by none other than Queen Victoria herself. This architectural masterpiece, created by an unknown genius, housed a treasure trove of inventions and artistic wonders. One such invention was the patent vertical printing machine showcased at the Great Exhibition. London became the hub of technological advancement as this revolutionary device transformed the world of printing forever. As you wander through the exhibition halls, your eyes are drawn to a stunning Pole-Screen from Dublin. Crafted with precision and artistry by Arthur James Jones and Son, it epitomizes elegance and sophistication. A delicate Paperweight from Paris catches your attention next. Its intricate design leaves you wondering about its mysterious creator who remains unknown to this day. Moving further along, you come across a magnificent panel of Furnishing Fabric crafted by Wright & Lee in England. Its vibrant colors and intricate patterns transport you back to Victorian-era opulence. The Crystal Palace itself is immortalized in Camille Pissarro's breathtaking painting from 1871. His brushstrokes capture both its grandeur and fragility as it stands tall against time. Joseph Nash's depiction of the Mediaeval Court takes you back to 1854 when visitors marveled at replicas of medieval architecture amidst modern innovations—a true testament to human progress. Copied in the 1880s but originating from London in 1851 is another portrayal capturing The Great Exhibition's essence—the bustling energy fueled by industry that promised great results for all involved. Immerse yourself further into history with "The Great Exhibition Quadrille, " a lively dance composition that echoes through time—its colorful lithograph showcasing people celebrating this momentous event together. An exterior view brings Art Treasures Palace to life—a colored lithograph depicting its splendor and inviting you to explore the treasures within.