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The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done

Author George Augustus Sala British
1850
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  • Title: The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done
  • Author: George Augustus Sala (British, London 1828–1895 Hove)
  • Publisher: Committee of the Society for Keeping Things in Their Places (London)
  • Date: 1850
  • Medium: Wood engraving
  • Dimensions: sheet: 5 1/16 x 9 5/16 in. (12.8 x 23.7 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1963
  • Object Number: 63.698.6(21)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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