Set of Four 19th Century Hand Coloured Prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition

Name: Set of Four 19th Century Hand Coloured Prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA497511
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Martlesham Antiques

Description

A set of four 19th Century prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition, the prints are of lovely quality, hand coloured, printed by the Dickerson Brothers, originally painted by the artist Joseph Nash (1809-1878). Circa 1870.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was probably the most successful, memorable and influential cultural event of the 19th century.

From May to October 1851, Hyde Park in London was filled with visitors to the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations’. The exhibition’s huge success confounded the predictions of its many doubters in parliament and the press: it was visited by over six million people (equivalent to a third of the British population at that date), and generated a vast profit of £186,000.

The 1851 exhibition was the first ever international exhibition of manufactured products. It inspired a long succession of international fairs in other cities, including Paris, Dublin, New York, Vienna and Chicago – almost one a year for the rest of the 19th century.

The exhibition was housed in a vast iron and glass building constructed specifically for the purpose in Hyde Park — the Crystal Palace.

Stretching 1,851 feet long and 128 feet high, Paxon's incredible masterpiece was built around several elm trees to prevent them from being cut down.

31” x 24”

79cms x 61cms high

Physical Dimensions

Height

79cm (31.10")

Width

61cm (24.02")

Depth

2cm (0.79")

Declaration

Martlesham Antiques has dated this piece to the 19th Century.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA497511

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Martlesham Antiques is a family run business and has been trading since 1984. Located in Suffolk just outside Woodbridge, Martlesham Antiques is run from a spacious thatched cottage housing nine large showrooms with a vast adjacent car park.

Specialising in 18th and 19th Century furniture, together with creating custom hand-made furniture which is supplied to various interior designers, trade and the retail market. Every piece on the showroom floor is in excellent condition and ready to go straight into the buyers home or premises.

All of Martlesham Antiques furniture is hand polished by their own French polishers and restorers to a very high standard. We are also a member of LAPADA, the association of art and antiques.

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The Great Exhibition of 1851 was probably the most successful, memorable and influential cultural event of the 19th century.

Martlesham Antiques

fig 1. Set of four 19th Century hand coloured prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition — fig 1. Set of Four 19th Century Hand Coloured Prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition

From May to October 1851, Hyde Park in London was filled with visitors to the ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations’. The exhibition’s huge success confounded the predictions of its many doubters in parliament and the press: it was visited by over six million people (equivalent to a third of the British population at that date), and generated a vast profit of £186,000.

fig 2. Set of four 19th Century hand coloured prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition — fig 2. Set of Four 19th Century Hand Coloured Prints of the 1851 Great Exhibition

The 1851 exhibition was the first ever international exhibition of manufactured products. It inspired a long succession of international fairs in other cities, including Paris, Dublin, New York, Vienna and Chicago – almost one a year for the rest of the 19th century.