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Professor Joe Cain

UCL Professor of History and Philosophy of Biology

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Great Exhibition 1851

The Great Exhibition in 1851 London Hyde Park was called the Crystal Palace for its enormous glass house. Formally, it was known as “The Industry of All Nations”.

Great Exhibition (The Industry of All Nations) or Crystal Palace 1851 from Art-Journal
Great Exhibition 1851

History of the Great Exhibition (1851) from The Art-Journal Illustrated Catalogue

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]
The Exhibition as a Lesson in Taste by Ralph Nicholson Wornum
Great Exhibition 1851

Great Exhibition As a Lesson in Victorian Taste, by Ralph Nicholson Wornum (1851)

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]
Harmony of Colours as Exemplified in the Exhibition, by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1851)
Great Exhibition 1851

Harmony of Colours as Exemplified in the Great Exhibition, by Mary Philadelphia Merrifield (1851)

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]
Textile Machinery in Great Exhibition 1851 title page
Great Exhibition 1851

Textile Machinery of the Great Exhibition (1851) by Lewis D.B. Gordon

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]
On the Vegetable World as Contributing to the Great Exhibition by Edward Forbes, Professor of Botany, King’s College, London, Etc., 8 pages (1851)
Great Exhibition 1851

On the Vegetable World as Contributing to the Great Exhibition, by Edward Forbes (1851)

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]
Crystal Palace 1851 interior (British)
Great Exhibition 1851

Science of the Great Exhibition, by Robert Hunt (1851)

London in 1851 was site of the Great Exhibition. Formally, it was titled, “The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations“. The press focused attention on the giant glass house containing the […]

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