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The Great Exhibition in Art: Picturing the First World's Fair, 1851

The Great Exhibition in Art: Picturing the First World's Fair, 1851

Bryant, Julius

Hardcover

Series: V&a 19th-Century

Art HistoryGeneral ArtGeneral World History

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ISBN10: 1848227132
ISBN13: 9781848227132
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Published: Feb 13 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 2.40
Height: 0.88 Width: 9.22 Depth: 10.95
Language: English

The Great Exhibition of 1851, the first World's Fair, is generally thought of as a giant trade fair, a showcase for empires and industry. However, it was also conceived to address a deep-rooted problem with British taste, which favoured European art and design over British. Julius Bryant's richly illustrated new book, which draws on the vast visual resources of the V&A's collections, establishes the centrality of works of fine art amongst the objects on show at the Great Exhibition. It also highlights the ways in which contemporary artists were commissioned to depict and record the Exhibition's building and displays for reproduction in commemorative publications.

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