Part of the French Court, No. 1; Sevres, from "Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851"
Walter Goodall 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. In this lithograph Sèvres porcelains and French paintings are represented behind a large ebony cabinet submitted by Barbedienne & Co., who worked with the British agents Jackson & Graham to assemble the display of antiquities and decorative objects. Bronze statuettes produced by Jean-Baptiste Clesinger are reduced versions of famous sculptures and publishers Lloyd Brothers teamed with lithographers Day & Son to create the hand-colored set of prints, offering well-to-do visitors a detailed and beautifully produced souvenir.
