Yorkshire Fine Arts and Industrial Exhibition : opened July 1866 : Rt. Hon. James Meek, Lord Mayor of York, President.
Published / Created:
Coventry : T. Stevens, [1866]
Physical Description:
1 silk picture : color ; 31 x 6 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Visual Materials
Notes:
The first Yorkshire Fine Art and Industrial Exhibition (24 July to 31 October, 1866) was held at a site in the grounds of the Bootham Asylum, York. It proved a considerable success, with over 400,000 visitors yielding a significant profit for the sponsoring committee--so much so that the committee continued in office in order to ensure that the surplus could be used to provide a permanent building devoted to the encouragement of art and industry. It was part of the industrial exhibitions movement that flourished in Britain during the 1860s and 1870s; participants were primarily artisans, mechanics, workers, service providers, shopkeepers, housewives and even children--all members of the urban working-and lower-middle classes.
Subject Terms:
Meek, James, 1815–1891 -- Portraits. | Yorkshire Fine Arts & Industrial Exhibition (1879 : York, England) | Exhibitions -- Great Britain. | Decorative arts -- Exhibitions -- Great Britain. | Bookmarks -- Specimens. | Silk pictures -- Specimens. | York (England) -- Exhibitions. | York (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc.