An international exhibition of inventions will be held in London in 1885, and an official, announcement to that effect has been made through the British Consulates. The exhibition will be under ...

This image first appeared in Henry Mayhew’s 1851 or The Adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Sandboys and Family, Who Came Up to London to ‘Enjoy Themselves,’ and to See the Great Exhibition (London: David ...

The exhibition opened on the day scheduled Victoria, who formally opened the Great Exhibition, told her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgians, that it was "astonishing , a fairy scene.

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Victoria 's third season has been building to Prince Albert's crowning achievement, the Great Exhibition of 1851.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the idea of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who wanted to show off the work of the best inventors and scientists in the land.

Howes argues that a new Great Exhibition should aim to “recapture the spirit” of the 1851 Great Exhibition – the original World’s Fair – with an explicit focus on: showcasing the latest ...

For some cause, our representation in the Exhibition of 1851, however well we may have appeared in a few departments, was anything but creditable as a whole; and for the particular cause that we ...

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the idea of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, who wanted to show off the work of the best inventors and scientists in the land.