Cultural Event Collection

Exterior of the north transept of the Crystal Palace, London, built for the Great Exhibition, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert

Dressing for the Carnival, 1877. Creator: Winslow Homer
Dressing for the Carnival, 1877

Peninsular and Oriental Pavilion (River Front), c1900.The Peninsular and Oriental Pavilion of the Exposition Universelle of 1889. By T. E. Collcutt, Architect and G. E. Moira and F. L

The Opening of the Universal Exhibition by the President of the Republic, Paris, 1900. The Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Smith's power-loom for weaving tufted pile carpets, 1862. Loom for Axminster carpet, '...invented by Mr

Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Building proposed to be erected in the Alexandra-Park, Muswell-Hill, 1864. 'The directors [of the Alexandra Park Company] have entered into a contract with Messrs

The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Crosskill's Bell's reaping-machine, 1862. '...Prize Corn-mowing Machine of the trustees of W

The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: Swiss jacquard-loom for weaving ribbons - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862

The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Messrs. Maudslay's engines of 800-horse power for the Valiant, 1862. Motive power for steamships. 'The largest marine engines exhibited were those by Messrs

The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: group of objects in steel exhibited by Mr. Krupp, of Essen, Prussia, 1862. '...it is only recently that the great stride has been made which causes [Krupp's] to

The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: marine engine by Messrs. Escher, Wyss, and Co. of Zurich - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Motive power for steamships

The International Exhibition: clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: architectural clay manufactures of the Shropshire coalfields, 1862. 'The encaustic pavement in the centre is...in colour red, black, and cream-yellow

His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle opening the National Gallery of Ireland, 1864. Creator: Unknown
His Excellency the Earl of Carlisle opening the National Gallery of Ireland, 1864. The National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin houses the national collection of Irish and European art

The International Exhibition: plateau and candelabra by Messrs. Christofle, of Paris, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: plateau and candelabra by Messrs. Christofle, of Paris, 1862. '...no less than ten artists seem to have been engaged on this work

The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the New Zealand Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. '...some articles of furniture

The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court..., 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: the Brazilian Court - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. 'The collection comprised diamonds, emeralds, topazes, amethysts, jasper

"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: W Thomas
"Children Playing at Horses", by C. R. Leslie, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. 'We cannot seize and confine in words the delicate aroma of natural truth

Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Exhibition of the Lincoln School of Art, 1864. '...the interior of the large room...occupied by the first public exhibition of paintings

"Nero after the Burning of Rome", by Carl Piloty, in the late International Exhibition, 1862. Engraving of a painting

Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Earl Russell at the opening of the North London Working-men's Exhibition, [Agricultural Hall, Islington], 1864. Foreign Secretary Russell said that the working classes of London were

The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures at Dublin, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures and Industry at Dublin, 1864. View of the Agricultural Hall, Earlsfort Terrace. 'The central portion was divided from its smaller adjuncts by wooden

Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: restoration of the Old Bourse, 1864 Creator: Unknown
Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: temporary restoration of the Old Bourse during the fair, 1864

Statue of the late Prince Consort at Perth, by W. Brodie, F.S.A., 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Statue of the late Prince Consort at Perth, by W. Brodie, F.S.A., 1864. A '...statue which has been raised to the memory of the late Prince Consort by the city of Perth

Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral..., 1864. Creator: Unknown
Bicentenary Festival of the Royal Academy of Antwerp: procession to the Cathedral of Notre Dame on Monday, August 22, 1864

Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp…Antwerp Crowning Teniers, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Grand Festival of the Municipality and Royal Academy of Antwerp: inauguration of an allegorical statue of Antwerp crowning the bust of Teniers, 1864. View of '...the inauguration of M

Opening of the Crystal Palace at Amsterdam for the Exhibition of Arts and Industry, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Crystal Palace at Amsterdam for the Exhibition of Arts and Industry, 1864. 'The fashion set by England, in 1851, of erecting a Crystal Palace

Military Bazaar at Chatham, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Military Bazaar at Chatham, [in Kent], 1858. A grand military bazaar in aid of the funds of the Central Association for Improving the Condition of the Wives and Families of Soldiers

The Crystal Palace at Toronto, Canada, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Crystal Palace at Toronto, Canada, 1858. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. R. H. Mackay. This industrial palace was erected for the purpose of holding within its walls the annual exhibitions of

A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Creator: Unknown
A Hindoo Fair, 1858. Everything is conducted in a quiet, languid kind of way, suited to the heat of the climate and the character of the people...Nautches are being performed in various parts of

The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. Creator: Unknown
The Towcester Flower Show, 1858. The pleasant little market-town of Towcester, in Northamptonshire, has recently been enlivened by a floral and horticultural exhibition, by a cattle show

"The Last Welsh Bard", the Painting which obtained the Prize at the Llangollen Eisteddfod, 1858. The Eisteddfod at Llangollen this year was signalised by a pictorial competition in addition

Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination... 1858. Creator: Unknown
Celebration of the Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable at New York - the Illumination of the City Hall, 1858. Firework display, with inscription: All Honour to Cyrus [?] Field'

Meeting of Charity Schoolchildren at the Crystal Palace, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Meeting of Charity Schoolchildren at the Crystal Palace, 1858. The children of the various London Charity Schools, to the number of above five thousand...were conveyed to the Crystal Palace by

Building erected at Zurich for the Celebration of the Swiss National Musical Festival, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Building erected at Zurich for the Celebration of the Swiss National Musical Festival, 1858. They have erected a magnificent building, all of Swiss wood, to contain 13, 000 people

Mr. Charles Dickens reading "Little Dombey", at St Martin's Hall, 1858. Creator: Unknown. Mr
Mr. Charles Dickens reading "Little Dombey", at St Martin's Hall, 1858. It is a good thing when the author can be thus induced to come forth from his library

In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: Unknown
In the British Department of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. Our front-page Illustration, from a sketch by Mr

Street in Philadelphia on the Opening Day of the American Centennial Exhibition...1876. Creator: C.R
Street in Philadelphia on the Opening Day of the American Centennial Exhibition, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876. From "Illustrated London News", 1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant...1876. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant at Mr. G. W. Child's Reception, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. The popularity and high esteem which Mr

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession...1876. Creators: Unknown, Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: the Butchers Procession passing up Chestnut-Street, Philadelphia, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876....tradesmen and assistants

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering...a Catalogue...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Colonel Sandford delivering to President Grant a Catalogue of the British Department, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Chorus singing the Centennial Hymn...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Chorus singing the Centennial Hymn, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876....the procession entered Machinery Hall

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Official Procession...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: Official Procession through the Exhibition Building, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876

The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Exhibition: one of the Principal Streets in Philadelphia, 1876. The guidebook published by Messrs. J. B

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia'...1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition: scene in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia - Negro Militia after Drill, 1876. African-Americans enjoying a cultural event

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Women's Pavilion, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Women's Pavilion, 1876. View of...a pavilion erected for the use of ladies visiting the Exhibition'

The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Judges Hall, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The American Centennial Festival Exhibition at Philadelphia, the Judges Hall, 1876. One of the Exhibition Buildings in Fairmount Park...the hall assigned for the accommodation of the judges'

Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876. Creator: W. J. P
Opening of the American Centennial Festival Exhibition: a Street in Philadelphia, 1876. The Great Exhibition at Philadelphia

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