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The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the outstanding public event of the Victorian era. Housed in Joseph Paxton's Crystal Palace, it presented a vast array of objects, technologies and works of art from around the world. The sources in this edition provide a depth of context for study into the Exhibition.
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INDEX
An italicized f has been used to indicate figures, such as cartoons or engravings, while an italicized n indicates a note.
An asterisk ‘*’ follows the names of members of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851. Biographical information about commissioners can be found in Volume 1, pp. 358–61.
- abbreviations, 1.xxxi–xxxii
- abolitionists see anti-slavery movement
- aboriginal peoples
- crafts, 4.267–71
- craftsmen highly skilled, 4.263, 267–71
- industry, Chamerovzow on, 2.95–6
- tools and works, M. D. on, 2.224, 235–7
- Aborigines’ Protection Society, 1.293, 2.82, 224, 4.263
- Adams, George Gammon, medal design prize, 1.246
- Adams, William Bridges
- as ‘Helix’, ‘The Industrial Exhibition of 1851’, 1.292, 331, 333–46
- first glass building suggestion, 1.330, 331, 340
- on alternative sites, 1.341–2
- Addey, Henry Markinfield, 3.89
- Address to Foreigners … The Scriptures and the Sabbath in England, 3.4, 255–8
- agricultural districts, subscriber recruiting, 1.13
- Airy, George Biddell, on stability of Paxton’s design, 1.306, 317–20, 328
- Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort,* 1.1, 3
- and GE, 1.vii, viii–ix
- Cole on, 1.212, 213–19, 220
- proposals, 1.10–11, 29–30, 41–2
- GE interpretation, 1.xii–xiii
- Buckingham Palace meeting, 1.10–11, 30, 41, 215–16
- Cole-Fuller report to, 1.7–8, 9–24
- Osborne House meeting, 1.3, 10–11, 216–18
- Royal Commission warrant, 1.63
- seen as Albert’s Exhibition, 1.4, 126
- Commission meetings, 1.71–2
- on opposition to GE, 1.291
- on Hyde Park site opposition, 1.5, 148, 168
- on prize essay competition, 2.152
- at Mansion House banquet, 1.126, 127
- Mansion House speech, 1.133–5
- peace aspects, 2.223, 225–6
- on disappointing Mansion House subscriptions, 1.87
- donation to GE fund, 1.83
- on ODIC introduction, 1.207–8
- and classification, 4.374
- at GE opening, 2.279–86
- speech, 2.258, 280–2
- closing ceremony speech, 4.327, 334–8
- thanks Special Commissioners, 4.340
- and GE, 1.vii, viii–ix
- objection to Crystal Palace as winter
- garden, 4.326, 398
- and progress, 3.325–6
- model cottages, 4....
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Content
- V. Visitors’ Accounts
- VI. Perspectives on the Exhibition
- VII. The Closing Ceremony and Assessments
- Editorial Notes
- Silent Corrections
- List of Sources
- Index