Great Exhibition
great exhibition work industry nation also known great exhibition crystal palace exhibition reference temporary structure held international exhibition took place hyde park london may october first series world fair exhibition culture industry became popular th century event organised henry cole prince albert husband victoria queen united kingdom famous people time attended great exhibition including charles darwin karl marx michael faraday assisted planning judging exhibit samuel colt member orléanist royal family writer charlotte brontë charles dickens lewis carroll george eliot alfred tennyson william makepeace thackeray future art craft proponent william morris teenager later said refused attend exhibition ground taste opening music superintendence william sterndale bennett directed george thomas smart organised howard staunton first international chess tournament took place exhibition world first soft drink schweppes official sponsor event great exhibition work industry nation organised prince albert henry cole francis henry george wallis wentworth dilke member royal society encouragement art manufacture commerce celebration modern industrial technology design arguably response highly effective french industrial exposition indeed prime motive britain make clear world role industrial leader prince albert queen victoria consort enthusiastic promoter selffinancing exhibition government persuaded form royal commission exhibition establish viability hosting exhibition queen victoria visited three time family time although great exhibition platform country around world could display achievement britain sought prove superiority british exhibit great exhibition held lead almost every field strength durability utility quality concerned whether iron steel machinery textile britain also sought provide world hope better future europe emerged two difficult decade political social upheaval britain hoped show technology particularly key better future sophie forgan say exhibition large piledup trophy exhibit central avenue revealed organiser priority generally put art colonial raw material prestigious place technology moving machinery popular especially working exhibit also note visitor could watch entire process cotton production spinning finished cloth scientific instrument found class x included electric telegraph microscope air pump barometer well musical horological surgical instrument special building great shalimar built house show designed joseph paxton support structural engineer charles fox committee overseeing construction including isambard kingdom brunel went organisation grand opening nine month building architecturally adventurous drawing paxton experience designing greenhouse sixth duke devonshire took form massive glass house foot long foot wide metre metre constructed cast ironframe component glass made almost exclusively birmingham smethwick interior building large size emphasized tree statue served add beauty spectacle also demonstrate man triumph nature crystal palace enormous success considered architectural marvel also engineering triumph showed importance exhibition building later moved reerected enlarged form sydenham hill south london area renamed crystal palace destroyed fire november six million people—equivalent third entire population britain time—visited great exhibition average daily attendance peak october thomas cook arranged travel event people important company development event made surplus £ £ used found victoria albert museum science museum natural history museum built area south exhibition nicknamed albertopolis alongside imperial institute remaining surplus used set educational trust provide grant scholarship industrial research continues today exhibition caused controversy opening approached conservative feared mass visitor might become revolutionary mob englishborn king ernest augustus hanover shortly death wrote lord strangford folly absurdity queen allowing trumpery must strike every sensible wellthinking mind astonished minister insist least going osborne exhibition human possibly answer may occur occasion idea must shock every honest wellmeaning englishman seems everything conspiring lower u eye europe modern time great exhibition symbol victorian age thick catalogue illustrated steel engraving primary source high victorian design memorial exhibition crowned statue prince albert located behind royal albert hall inscribed statistic exhibition including number visitor exhibitor british foreign profit made range medal produced awarded exhibitor jurist provider service official descriptive illustrated catalogue event list exhibitor throughout britain also colony dependency foreign state numbering total exhibit included jacquard loom envelope machine kitchen appliance steelmaking display reaping machine sent united state mintons stand exhibited ceramic including majolica proved worldwide success kohinoor meaning mountain light world largest known diamond time one popular attraction india exhibit dariainoor one rarest pale pink diamond world shown early thcentury tara brooch discovered finest irish penannular brooch exhibited dublin jeweller george waterhouse along display fashionable celtic revival jewellery alfred charles hobbs used exhibition demonstrate inadequacy several respected door lock frederick bakewell demonstrated precursor fax machine mathew brady awarded medal daguerreotype william chamberlin jr sussex exhibited may world first voting machine counted vote automatically employed interlocking system prevent overvoting first modern pay toilet installed visitor paying penny fee use toilet remained even exhibition dismantled spending penny became euphemism using toilet firearm manufacturer samuel colt demonstrated prototype colt navy also older walker dragoon revolver tempest prognosticator barometer using leech demonstrated america cup yachting event instigated race held conjunction great exhibition gold ornament silver enamelled handicraft fabricated sunar caste sind british india cc hornung copenhagen denmark showed singlecast iron frame piano first made europe trophy telescope called considered trophy exhibition shown main lens inch mm aperture foot focal length manufactured ross london german equatorial mounting made ransome may ipswich instrument maker j marratt exhibited fivefoot achromatic telescope transit theodolite used surveying tunnelling astronomical purpose asprey exhibited kingwood ormolu mounted lady dressing case silvergilt content bearing annie cipher emphasis new zealand exhibit featured natural resource well crafted item made māori flax basket carved wooden object eel trap mat fish hook hand club admission price crystal palace varied according date visit ticket price decreasing parliamentary season drew end london traditionally emptied wealthy individual price varied two guinea £ three guinea man season ticket £ per day first two day reducing five shilling per day may admission price reduced one shilling £ per day—except friday set two shilling six penny saturday remained five shilling oneshilling ticket proved successful among industrial class four half million shilling £ taken attendee manner two thousand five hundred ticket printed opening day bought attract future customer working class newly expanding railway offered highly discounted ticket people travel distant part country special rate offered party often led local vicar poor travel lined rail track watch long train open carriage steaming past great exhibition encouraged production souvenir several manufacturer produced stereoscope card provided threedimensional view exhibition paper souvenir printed lithographic card handcoloured held together cloth give threedimensional view event offered miniature view crystal palace one viewed card peep hole front cover visitor purchased souvenir could relive experience attending list world fair international exhibition held london festival britain great exhibition bay prince 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