2-714-793 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Exterior of the Great Exhibition of 1851', (c1876). The Great Exhibition or Crystal Palace Exhibition took place in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October 1851 and was organised by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, with structural design by Joseph Paxton. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]