The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, also known as the Great Exhibition or the Crystal Palace Exhibition (in reference to the...
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World's fair (redirect from Universal exhibition)
as a universal exhibition or an expo, is a large global exhibition designed to showcase the achievements of nations. These exhibitions vary in character...
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Pictures at an Exhibition is a piano suite in ten movements, plus a recurring and varied Promenade theme, written in 1874 by Russian composer Modest Mussorgsky...
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Exhibitions An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually...
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Koh-i-Noor (section The Great Exhibition)
in the Iranian National Jewels. In 1851, it went on display at the Great Exhibition in London, but the lackluster cut failed to impress viewers. Prince...
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The Crystal Palace (category Great Exhibition)
structure, originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. The exhibition took place from 1 May to 15 October 1851, and more than...
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The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was held in Dublin, Ireland. In its day, it was the largest international event to be held in Ireland. The Irish...
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Great Exhibition Bay is a 30-kilometre (19 mi) wide embayment close to the northernmost tip of New Zealand's North Island. It lies on the east coast of...
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warrant since 1836 and was the official sponsor of Prince Albert's Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London in 1851. In the late 18th century, German-Genevan...
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The International Exhibition of 1862, officially the London International Exhibition of Industry and Art, also known as the Great London Exposition, was...
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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (redirect from Prince Consort of Great Britain and Ireland Albert)
and estates. He was heavily involved with the organisation of the Great Exhibition of 1851, which was a resounding success. Victoria came to depend more...
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by Elizabeth Gaskell and takes place in the years surrounding the Great Exhibition of 1851. It follows the story of Margaret Hale (Daniela Denby-Ashe)...
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The Great Exhibition of the North was a two-month exhibition, celebrating art, culture, and design in the North of England, held in Newcastle and Gateshead...
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appointed to organise the Great Exhibition were in a quandary. An international competition to design a building to house the Exhibition had produced 245 designs...
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first mooted in 1850 when preparations were being made for the first ‘Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations’ to be held in London's Crystal...
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goes back to at least the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. Although typically used to refer to art festivals or exhibitions which occur every two years,...
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The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through central London from Sunday 2 September to Thursday 6 September 1666, gutting the...
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experienced naval architect and ship builder whom he had first met at the Great Exhibition. Scott Russell examined Brunel's plan and made his own calculations...
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Owen Jones (architect) (section The Great Exhibition)
responsible for the interior decoration and layout of exhibits for the Great Exhibition building of 1851, and for its later incarnation at Sydenham. Jones...
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The Great Smog of London, or Great Smog of 1952, was a severe air pollution event that affected London, England, in December 1952. A period of unusually...
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establishment. The statue was first produced in clay and displayed at The Great Exhibition in 1851, where it was located outside the west entrance to the Crystal...
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The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations...
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An art exhibition is traditionally the space in which art objects (in the most general sense) meet an audience. The exhibit is universally understood to...
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List of world's fairs (category Exhibitions)
or colonial world's fairs. 1791 – Prague, Bohemia – first industrial exhibition on the occasion of the coronation of Leopold II as king of Bohemia, took...
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Victorian majolica (section Great Exhibition (1851))
& Co., first exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. 1851 Great Exhibition London, Catalogue Cover 1851 Exhibition Catalogue, Minton Exhibit Numbers...
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Victoria and Albert Museum (category Great Exhibition)
September 2018. The Victoria and Albert Museum has its origins in the Great Exhibition of 1851. Henry Cole was the museum's first director, he was also involved...
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Festival of Britain (redirect from South Bank Exhibition)
started with the original plan to celebrate the centennial of the Great Exhibition of 1851. However, it was not to be another World Fair, for international...
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Centennial Exposition (redirect from 1876 Centennial International Exhibition)
The Centennial International Exhibition, officially the International Exhibition of Arts, Manufactures, and Products of the Soil and Mine, was held in...
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Tower Bridge (redirect from Tower Bridge Exhibition)
high-level walkways, and Victorian engine rooms form part of the Tower Bridge Exhibition. Tower Bridge has become a recognisable London landmark. It is sometimes...
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Exposition Universelle (1855) (redirect from Paris International Exhibition of 1855)
newly under the reign of Emperor Napoleon III. It followed London's Great Exhibition of 1851 and attempted to surpass that fair's Crystal Palace with its...
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