The Great Exhibition of 1851

The Great Exhibition

The Great Exhibition of 1851

THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851
The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, sometimes referred to as The Crystal Palace in reference to the temporary structure in which it was held, was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851. It was the first in a series of World´s Fair exhibitions of culture were The and to Great industry popular Exhibition that 19thwas

century feature. organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria; he had the idea product of the industry. It is a symbol of the Victorian Age and the role of Great Britain in 1851. It was the whorl’s leading industrial country because Britain factories supplied the world with goods and British firms provided banking and insurance service for much go the rest of the word) of staying a huge exhibition in London where every country in the world would be invited to display the

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The Great Exhibition of 1851

JOSEPH PAXTON
Paxton was an English gardener, designer, writer and creator of one of most famous buildings of Victoria's reign, the Crystal Palace. Joseph Paxton was born in Bedfordshire on 3 August 1803 into a farming family. He had a number of gardening jobs until in 1823 he began working at Chiswick Gardens which was leased by the Horticultural Society from the Duke of Devonshire. Impressed with his abilities, the duke appointed Paxton head gardener at Chatsworth House. At Chatsworth, Paxton designed gardens, fountains, a model village and an arboretum. He also built a conservatory known as the Great Conservatory - He also married the Chatsworth housekeeper's niece, Sarah Bown. Fame

came with the 1851 Great Exhibition. All of the 245 plans for the main Exhibition Hall in Hyde Park had been examined and rejected. Paxton was visiting London at the time and heard about these difficulties. Within a few days he delivered a design a vastly...