Overview

In May 1851, the doors opened on the Great Exhibition, a celebration of British industry and international trade that spawned numerous imitations across the globe. The scale of the exhibition was immense and publishers responded quickly to the demand for catalogues, guidebooks and souvenir volumes. In a marketplace swamped with exhibition literature, Tallis' three-volume History and Description of the Crystal Palace, originally published in 1852 and reproduced here in the 1854 edition, quickly established itself as the definitive history for middle-class readers. Illustrated with high-quality steel-engraved plates of the most popular and eye-catching exhibits, Tallis' book provides a fascinating contemporary account of this cultural and commercial highlight of the Victorian age, and reveals the mind-set of a society at the peak of its imperial power. Volume 2 describes exhibits including toys, fabrics and printing for the blind, and assesses the influence of the Great Exhibition on art and science.

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Author:   John Tallis ,  J. G. Strutt
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9780511795275

ISBN 10:   0511795270
Publication Date:   07 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Undefined
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Papier mâché; 2. Toys; 3. Letters of M. Blanqui; 4. Furs and feathers; 5. Sculpture continued; 6. Mr. Wornum's lecture; 7. Voltaire in the Crystal Palace; 8. Modern portrait painting; 9. Letters of M. Blanqui concluded; 10. European workmen judged by their works in the Great Exhibition; 11. Manufactures from Caoutchouc; 12. Substances used as food; 13. Worsted, alpaca, and mohair manufactures; 14. Gleanings and reminiscences; 15. Printing for the blind, from the juries' report; 16. Additional remarks upon Prince Albert's model houses; 17. The general bearing of the Great Exhibition on the progress of art and science; 18. The nautical department; 18. Foreign and colonial departments continued; 19. Models; 20. Gleanings and reminiscences continued; 21. Artists' implements; 22. Cutlery – from the juries' report; 23. Hardware; 24. Soap; 25. Working men; 26. Taxidermy, and ethnographical models; 27. Alliance of science and industry; 28. Decorative furniture and upholstery, paper-hanging, etc. – juries' report; 29. Digby Wyatt Esq., on form in the decorative arts; 30. On colour in the decorative arts; 31. Printing – from the juries' reports; 32. The origin of exposition; 33. Telescopes, orreries, globes, and model mapping – from the juries' report; 34. Pipes and amber manufactures; 35. Silks.

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