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