Part of the Russian Court, from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"
Henry Clark Pidgeon British
Lithographer Day & Son, Ltd., London British
Publisher Lloyd Brothers & Co. British
Not on view
At the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, held in London in 1851, displays of art and manufacture were shown at the Crystal Palace, a specially-built glass and iron building in Hyde park designed by Joseph Paxton. Between May and October more than six million visitors flocked to view thousands of objects organized by theme and place of origin at the first world’s fair. This lithograph shows the Russian Court containing furniture and objects of malachite by Demidoff, a leading St. Petersburg firm, as well as large porcelain vase decorated with Dutch scenes sent by the Imperial Porcelain Manufactory. Examples of stained glass are visible on the gallery above, and publishers Lloyd Brothers teamed with lithographers Day & Son to create the hand-colored set to which the print belongs, the whole offering well-to-do visitors a detailed and beautifully produced souvenir.
