Yale Center for British Art

Title:
The Illustrated London News grand panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations, 1851.
Alternate Title(s):
Illustrated London news.
Published / Created:
London : Illustrated London News, 1851.
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : col. ill. ; 29 x 710 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
T690 .I4 Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Continuous strip view mounted on linen, showing two parallel views of the Great Exhibition with descriptive text at foot. The panorama is preceded by chromolithographed diagrams drawn by Lance Corpl. J. Mack (and lithographed by Day & Son) documenting the number of visitors over the course of the Exhibition.

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 591

BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Rolled on original wooden spool with blue linen wrappers on which the title is lettered in silver.
Subject Terms:
Illustrated London News -- Publisher. | Day & Son -- Printer. | Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) | Panoramas, Published -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1851. | Panorama -- England -- London -- 1852.
Contributors:
Owen, Henry Charles, 1821–1867. | Mack, J., ill.