History and Description of the Crystal Palace 3 Volume Paperback Set
In May 1851, the doors opened on the Great Exhibition, a celebration of British industry and international trade that spawned numerous imitations across the globe. The scale of the exhibition was immense and publishers responded quickly to the demand for catalogues, guidebooks and souvenir volumes. In a marketplace swamped with exhibition literature, Tallis' three-volume History and Description of the Crystal Palace, originally published in 1852 and reproduced here in the 1854 edition, quickly established itself as the definitive history for middle-class readers. It describes the planning of the project, exhibits from machinery and fabrics to jewellery and exotic imports, and the event's reception and influence. Illustrated with high-quality steel-engraved plates of the most popular and eye-catching exhibits, Tallis' book provides a fascinating contemporary account of this cultural and commercial highlight of the Victorian age, and reveals the mind-set of a society at the peak of its imperial power.
Product details
May 2011Multiple copy pack
9781108028202
876 pages
297 × 211 × 48 mm
2.34kg
143 b/w illus.
Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
- Volume 1: Introduction
- 1. Origin of the Exhibition
- 2. The Paxton plan
- 3. Approach of the time fixed for opening the Exhibition
- 4. The opening of the Exhibition
- 5. Preparatory arrangement
- 6. Colonial departments – India
- 7. Sculpture
- 8. Chaucer's dream
- 9. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 10. Number of visitors
- 11. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 12. Foreign and colonial departments continued – The United States
- 13. Wood carving
- 14. Discovery of glass
- 15. Precious stones
- 16. Mosaic work
- 17. An early morning visit
- 18. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 19. Laborious trifles
- 20. Sculpture continued
- 21. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 22. Industry aided by science
- 23. Ornamental silver
- 24. Letters of M. John Lemoinne
- 25. The potter's art
- 26. Second letter of M. J. Lemoinne
- 27. The application of science to the purposes of humanity
- 28. Sculpture continued – Florence
- 29. Contributions from the Highlands
- 30. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 31. Stained and painted glass continued
- 32. Edinburgh Review
- 33. The Fine Arts court
- 34. Comprehensive nature of the Great Exhibition
- 35. The fan
- 36. Bookbinding
- 37. The mediaeval court
- 38. Letters from M. Blanqui continued
- 39. Council medals
- 40. Description of technical terms
- 41. Varieties
- 42. Perfumery. Volume 2:
- 1. Papier mâché
- 2. Toys
- 3. Letters of M. Blanqui
- 4. Furs and feathers
- 5. Sculpture continued
- 6. Mr. Wornum's lecture
- 7. Voltaire in the Crystal Palace
- 8. Modern portrait painting
- 9. Letters of M. Blanqui concluded
- 10. European workmen judged by their works in the Great Exhibition
- 11. Manufactures from Caoutchouc
- 12. Substances used as food
- 13. Worsted, alpaca, and mohair manufactures
- 14. Gleanings and reminiscences
- 15. Printing for the blind, from the juries' report
- 16. Additional remarks upon Prince Albert's model houses
- 17. The general bearing of the Great Exhibition on the progress of art and science
- 18. The nautical department
- 18. Foreign and colonial departments continued
- 19. Models
- 20. Gleanings and reminiscences continued
- 21. Artists' implements
- 22. Cutlery – from the juries' report
- 23. Hardware
- 24. Soap
- 25. Working men
- 26. Taxidermy, and ethnographical models
- 27. Alliance of science and industry
- 28. Decorative furniture and upholstery, paper-hanging, etc. – juries' report
- 29. Digby Wyatt Esq., on form in the decorative arts
- 30. On colour in the decorative arts
- 31. Printing – from the juries' reports
- 32. The origin of exposition
- 33. Telescopes, orreries, globes, and model mapping – from the juries' report
- 34. Pipes and amber manufactures
- 35. Silks. Volume 3:
- 1. Warren's lily and bee
- 2. Sculpture concluded
- 3. Machinery
- 4. Fountains
- 5. Horology
- 6. Works in precious metals
- 7. Carriages
- 8. The Ladies' department
- 9. Gleanings and reminiscences continued
- 10. Provincial visitors
- 11. A German visitor to the Exhibition
- 12. Artistic taste
- 13. Opinions of the Press
- 14. Pictorial art
- 15. Approaching end of Great Exhibition
- 16. Closing of the Great Exhibition
- 17. Conclusion.