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Album of the Great Exhibition, London, England
People:
  • Claude Marie Ferrier (photographer)
  • Hugh Owen (photographer)
Title:

Album of the Great Exhibition, London, England

Date:

published 1852

Description:

This album contains 45 photographs and has a presentation page :

Presented to Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. to Doctor Lyon, Playfair, C.B.

and a title page :

Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851.
Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission in four volumes. VOL. II. Introductory, Awards, Reports - Classes V to XVI. London : Spicer Brothers, Wholesale Stationers; W. Cloeves and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commision MDCCCLII.

Form:
books
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 book(s)
Technique and media:

Salted paper prints

Dimensions:

book: 36.5 x 28.1 x 7.9 cm (14 3/8 x 11 1/16 x 3 1/8 in.) pages: 34,9 x 25,4 cm compositions: 17.2 x 22.6 cm (6 3/4 x 8 7/8 in.) secondary supports: 34,9 x 25,4 cm

Reference number:

PH1989:0262.02:001-045

Point of View:
  • exterior views
  • interior views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of red leather-covered boards and spine. There are gold gilt inscriptions and accents on the cover, spine and endpapers. Endpapers are of blue silk moiré. Pages and secondary supports are of white paper with gold gilt edging. The book is comprised of a presentation page, title page, table of contents, list of illustrations, 511 pages of text and 45 photographs. The book is encased in a maroon cloth-covered clamshell case.

Inscription:

imprinted

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:
  • architecture
  • engineering
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • exhibition
  • world's fair
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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