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Great Exhibition 1862 Collection

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Siebe and Harrisons patent ice-making machine, 1862

Siebe and Harrisons patent ice-making machine, 1862. This machine was patented by James Harrison in Australia in 1859, and the design was then improved by Augustus Siebe & Co of London in 1861

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Blowing up the Eastern Arch of the Great Exhibition Building, [South Kensington, London], 1864. Demolition of an '...arch which supported the eastern gable end of the nave of the International

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Progress of the International Exhibition Building: Night effect of the Western Dome... 1862

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: Night effect of the Western Dome... 1862. Creator: M Jackson
Progress of the International Exhibition Building: Night effect of the Western Dome, seen from the Royal Horticultural Society's Gardens, [Kensington, London], 1862

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Site of the 1862 International Exhibition, Cromwell Road, Kensigton, London, 1862

Site of the 1862 International Exhibition, Cromwell Road, Kensigton, London, 1862. View of the south entrance of the building, designed by Francis Fowke, which housed the event

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, 1862. Artist: John Le Keux

Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, 1862. Artist: John Le Keux
Cromwell Road, Kensington, London, 1862; view of the building which housed the International Exhibition of 1862

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Interior view of the International Exhibition, London

Interior view of the International Exhibition, London. Stereoscopic card detail

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen, director of the South Kensington Museum, 1880

Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen, director of the South Kensington Museum, 1880. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Sir Francis Philip Cunliffe Owen, director of the South Kensington Museum, 1880. In 1855 he was appointed one of the superintendents of the British section of the International Exhibition held at

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Opening of the International Exhibition, 1862

Opening of the International Exhibition, 1862. At the Crystal Palace by Queen Victorias cousin, George, Duke of Cambridge. Chromolithograph, London, August, 1862

Background imageGreat Exhibition 1862 Collection: Interior of the Crystal Palace during the International Exhibition, 1862

Interior of the Crystal Palace during the International Exhibition, 1862. Majolica fountain by Minton. Chromolithograph


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