Reports by the Juries Vol IV

PART OF:: The Kodak Museum Collection

Made:: 1851

photographer:: Claude-Marie Ferrier

Volume IV of 'Reports by the Juries' (1852), part of a four-volume work on the contents of the Great Exhibition, illustrated with photographs by Claude-Marie Ferrier and Hugh Owen (1804-1881). Only 140 presentation sets of this work were produced, to be given to notables of those countries which participated in the exhibition.

This set 'one of 15 copies given by the Royal Commissioners to H F Talbot Esq. of Lacock Abbey as the inventor of this branch of the Photographic Art. Was by him presented to his beloved cousin Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot'.

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Category:: Photographs

Collection:: Kodak Collection

Object Number:: 1990-5036/13694

Materials:: paper, cardboard and leather

Measurements:: overall (closed): 280 mm x 370 mm x 70 mm,

type:: book

copyright:: National Science and Media Museum

credit:: The Kodak Collection at the National Media Museum, Bradford

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View of Western Nave

A photograph of the western nave of the Crystal Palace, taken by Claude-Marie Ferrier in 1851. The photograph shows the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, designed by Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) to house the Great Exhibition.

A photograph of the western nave of the Crystal Palace, taken by Claude-Marie Ferrier in 1851.

The photograph shows the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, designed by Joseph Paxton (1803-1865) to house the Great Exhibition. This photograph is an illustration from Volume IV of 'Reports by the Juries' (1852), a four-volume work on the contents of the exhibition, illustrated with 155 photographs by Claude-Marie Ferrier and Hugh Owen (1804-1881). Only 140 presentation sets of this work were produced, to be given to notables of those countries which participated in the exhibition.

The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations was the first industrial exhibition. Over 100,000 exhibits were shown from around the world.

Materials:: paper

Object Number:: 1990-5036/13694/1

type:: photograph

Statue of Her Majesty (Zinc)

A photograph entitled 'Statue of Her Majesty (Zinc)', taken by Claude-Marie Ferrier in 1851. The statue of Queen Victoria, cast in zinc by the Vieille-Montagne Zinc Mining Company was on display at the Great Exhibition.

A photograph entitled 'Statue of Her Majesty (Zinc)', taken by Claude-Marie Ferrier in 1851.

The statue of Queen Victoria, cast in zinc by the Vieille-Montagne Zinc Mining Company was on display at the Great Exhibition.

This photograph is an illustration from 'Reports by the Juries' (1852), a four-volume work on the contents of the exhibition, illustrated with 155 photographs by Claude-Marie Ferrier and Hugh Owen (1804-1881). Only 140 presentation sets of this work were produced, to be given to notables of those countries which participated in the exhibition as a record of the great event.