Furs: The Great Exhibition of 1851

Joseph Nash British
Publisher Dickinson Brothers British
1854
Not on view
A display of furs appears here at center, admired by two women and a man. Signs identify the exhibitor as J. A. Nicholay & Son of 82 Oxford Street. At left there is a case of feathers and textiles are displayed at right near a large telescope lens. This print was published in Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851. From the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A. London: Dickinson, Brothers, 1854, 2 vols. of text and 50 plates.

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  • Title: Furs: The Great Exhibition of 1851
  • Series/Portfolio: Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851
  • Artist: Joseph Nash (British, Buckinghamshire 1809–1878 Kensington)
  • Publisher: Dickinson Brothers (London)
  • Date: 1854
  • Medium: Hand colored lithograph; proof
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 11/16 × 19 7/16 in. (34.7 × 49.4 cm)
    Sheet: 18 1/8 in. × 26 in. (46 × 66 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.123.3(1)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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