International Industrial Exhibition
Summary
Front : Dual portrait busts of Victoria & Albert facing left within a chaplet of oak & laurel. "QUEEN VICTORIA & PRINCE ALBERT" Reverse : "THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION LONDON 1851" View of the exhibition hall and in exergue "PROPOSED BY H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT DESIGNED BY JOSEPH PAXTON ESQ. F.L.S., ERECTED BY FOX, HENDERSON & Co, LENGTH 1848 FEET, WIDTH 456 FEET, HEIGHT OF PRINCIPAL ROOF 68 FEET, GLAZED SURFACE 900,000 SUP FEET, OCCUPIES 18 ACRES OF GROUND, ESTIMATED VALUE £150,000"
Object Name
International Industrial Exhibition
Creators Name
Date Created
1851
accession number
1980.131
Place of creation
Birmingham
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