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Bavaria, from An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition

After Richard Doyle British
Engraver Dalziel Brothers British
Publisher Chapman and Hall British
1851
Not on view
London's Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was held in 1851 at the Crystal Palace, a huge glass-and-cast-iron hall specially erected in Hyde Park. International displays devoted to art, technology, and manufacturing delighted six million visitors over a five-month period. Humorist Richard Doyle commemorated the multinational character of the event with a panoramic wood engraving that gently makes fun of the participants. Eight panels approach nine feet in length when fully opened, but fold neatly into cardboard covers and can be viewed a few at a time. This fifth scene devoted to Bavaria, still an independent kingdom at this date, represents figures dancing around a huge stein of beer, near an energetic brass band. Doyle used a medley of stereotypes to comment ironically on the fair's vaunted internationalism.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bavaria, from An Overland Journey to the Great Exhibition
  • Artist: After Richard Doyle (British, London 1824–1883 London)
  • Engraver: Dalziel Brothers (British, active 1839–93)
  • Publisher: Chapman and Hall (London)
  • Date: 1851
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 4 3/4 x 13 7/8 in. (12.1 x 35.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.698.1(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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