1st Edition

The Great Exhibition Vol 1 A Documentary History

By Geoffrey Cantor Copyright 2014

    The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the outstanding public event of the Victorian era. Housed in Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, it presented a vast array of objects, technologies and works of art from around the world. The sources in this edition provide a depth of context for study into the Exhibition.

    General Introduction, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, List of Abbreviations, I. Organizing the Exhibition, II. Reactions to the Proposed Exhibition, Editorial Notes, Silent Corrections, List of Sources