Exhibition Catalogue Collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 2000 EX |
Held at | : Royal Albert Hall Archive Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.royalalberthall.com/about-the-hall/our-history/ › |
Full title | : Exhibition Catalogue Collection |
Date(s) | : 1851-1862 |
Level of description | : Collection level |
Extent | : 3 linear metres |
Name of creator(s) | : Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 RSA | Royal Society of Arts x Royal Society of Arts |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Great Exhibtion of 1851 was held in London in a specially-designed glass building erected in Hyde Park, nicknamed the Crystal Palace. The profits from this Exhibition purchased the Kensington Gore Estate on which the area named 'Albertopolis' was built and the Royal Albert Hall would come to be erected. The subsequent London International Exhibition on Industry and Art of 1862 was held from 1 May-1 November 1862 in South Kensington, in the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, which would later adjourn the Royal Albert Hall on the south side. The Queen, who was in mourning for her recently-deceased husband, did not attend the opening ceremony. The particular aim of the world exhibitions in the 19th century was to promote peaceful competition between nations and would be the last large international exhibitions in Great Britain.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Catalogues of two exhibitions, 1851-1862: the Great Exhibition of 1851 and the London International Exhibition on Industry and Art, May-November 1862.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The collection is not catalogued.
Conditions governing access:
The collection is available to the public by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Reproduction is at the discretion of the Archivist.
Finding aids:
No findings aids
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Royal Albert Hall, Eric Clapton.
Allied Materials
Related material:
The Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library holds 1851 and 1862 catalogues. The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 (GB 0000) holds 1851 and 1862 catalogues and related files, maps, plans, drawings, photographs and architectural drawings.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2012
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