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Title [Extracts from newspapers concerning the Crystal Palace]
Date 1850-1852
Document Type Periodical; Correspondence; Official Record
Description Contains extracts from newspapers including the 'Times', the 'Daily News', and the 'Morning Chronicle', and also an extract from Charles Dickens's 'Household Words'. The articles focus on the construction of the Crystal Palace with some discussion of the exhibition. Also includes the 'Report of the Committee Appointed to Consider All Matters Relating to the Building', dated 9th May 1850.
Fair 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, London
Language English; French
Keywords fair site, construction, design, architecture, reception, labor, fair management, fair organization, exhibit classifications, royalty, statistics, finance, public opinion, criticism
Attractions Crystal Palace (London)
Archive The Victoria and Albert Museum
Collection Great Exhibition Collection
Archive Reference EX.1851.109
Copyright The Victoria and Albert Museum