In May 1851, the doors opened on the Great Exhibition, a celebration of British industry and international trade that spawned numerous imitations across the globe. The scale of the exhibition was immense and publishers responded quickly to the demand for catalogues, guidebooks and souvenir volumes. In a marketplace swamped with exhibition literature, Tallis' three-volume History and Description of the Crystal Palace, originally published in 1852 and reproduced here in the 1854 edition, quickly established itself as the definitive history for middle-class readers. Illustrated with high-quality steel-engraved plates of the most popular and eye-catching exhibits, Tallis' book provides a fascinating contemporary account of this cultural and commercial highlight of the Victorian age, and reveals the mind-set of a society at the peak of its imperial power. Volume 2 describes exhibits including toys, fabrics and printing for the blind, and assesses the influence of the Great Exhibition on art and science.
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Tallis' book, published in 1852, gives a vibrant account of the Great Exhibition, a key event of the Victorian period.
1. Papier māché;
2. Toys;
3. Letters of M. Blanqui;
4. Furs and
feathers;
5. Sculpture continued;
6. Mr. Wornum's lecture;
7. Voltaire in the
Crystal Palace;
8. Modern portrait painting;
9. Letters of M. Blanqui
concluded;
10. European workmen judged by their works in the Great
Exhibition;
11. Manufactures from Caoutchouc;
12. Substances used as food;
13. Worsted, alpaca, and mohair manufactures;
14. Gleanings and
reminiscences;
15. Printing for the blind, from the juries' report;
16.
Additional remarks upon Prince Albert's model houses;
17. The general bearing
of the Great Exhibition on the progress of art and science;
18. The nautical
department;
18. Foreign and colonial departments continued;
19. Models;
20.
Gleanings and reminiscences continued;
21. Artists' implements;
22. Cutlery
from the juries' report;
23. Hardware;
24. Soap;
25. Working men;
26.
Taxidermy, and ethnographical models;
27. Alliance of science and industry;
28. Decorative furniture and upholstery, paper-hanging, etc. juries'
report;
29. Digby Wyatt Esq., on form in the decorative arts;
30. On colour
in the decorative arts;
31. Printing from the juries' reports;
32. The
origin of exposition;
33. Telescopes, orreries, globes, and model mapping
from the juries' report;
34. Pipes and amber manufactures;
35. Silks.
