The Popular Guide to the International Exhibition of 1862

Featuring many contemporary advertisements, this helpful guide for visitors to London's International Exhibition of 1862 highlights Victorian technological achievements.

Edward McDermott (Author)

9781108068727, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 March 2014

328 pages
21.6 x 14 x 1.9 cm, 0.42 kg

This helpful guide for visitors appeared in 1862 to accompany London's International Exhibition of that year. Held in South Kensington from May to November, the Exhibition showcased the progress made in a diverse range of crafts, trades and industries since the Great Exhibition of 1851. Over 6 million visitors came to view the wares of more than 28,000 exhibitors from Britain, her empire and beyond. Intended as a guided tour, the present work points out the most interesting exhibits along the way, touching on mining, pharmaceuticals, machinery, musical instruments, textiles, ceramics, furniture, clothing and jewellery, among much else. Containing a ground plan of the exhibition space as well as many contemporary advertisements, this publication remains an instructive resource for social and economic historians. Also relating to the 1862 Exhibition, both the official and illustrated catalogues of the industrial department are reissued in this series.

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Part I. British Side: 1. Raw materials
2. Machinery
3. Manufactures
Part II. British Colonies
Part III. Foreign Countries
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Subject Areas: British & Irish history [HBJD1]