The Art-journal illustrated catalogue : the industry of all nations 1851.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

British Imprints Collection (Athenaeum of Philadelphia)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England).

Great Exhibition.

Decorative arts--Exhibitions.

Decorative arts.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Gold blocked bindings (Binding) -- Specimens -- Great Exhibition -- 1851.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 328 pages, xvi, viii, viii, viii, viii, xxii : illustrations ; 33 cm

Other Title:

Industry of all nations 1851

Art journal illustrated catalogue of the industry of all nations

Great Exhibition 1851

Place of Publication:

London : Published for the proprietors by George Virtue, [1851?]

Summary:

Catalogue of the principal contents of the Great Exhibition of 1851, with a brief history of the building and of the project from its commenment up to the time of publication.

Contents:

History of the Great Exhibition

The science of the Exhibition / by Robert Hunt

The harmony of colours as exemplified in the Exhibition / by Mrs. Merrifield

On the vegetable world as contributing to the Great Exhibition / by Edward Forbes

The machinery of the Exhibition as applied to textile manufactures / by Lewis D.B. Gordon

The Exhibition as a lesson in taste / by Ralph Nicholson Wornum.

Credits:

Edited by S.C. Hall.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Gift of Sandra and Hyman Myers.

Other Format:

Online version: Art Journal. Art Journal illustrated catalogue.

OCLC:

1238927