The Furniture Court, No. 1, from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"
Thomas Harrington Wilson British
Lithographer Day & Son, Ltd., London British
Publisher Lloyd Brothers & Co. British
Not on view
At the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in London in 1851, displays of art and manufacture were shown at the Crystal Palace, a specially-built glass and iron building in Hyde park designed by Joseph Paxton. Between May and October more than six million visitors flocked to view thousands of objects organized by theme and place of origin at the first world’s fair. In this lithograph a woman and girl admire luxurious furnishings that include a canopied bed, gilded mirror, and pair of neo-Baroque candleabra below a carpet display on the gallery above. Publishers Lloyd Brothers teamed with lithographers Day & Son to create the hand-colored set to which the print belongs, the whole offering well-to-do visitors a detailed and beautifully produced souvenir.
