The Great Exhibition of 1851 was the outstanding public event of the Victorian era. Housed in Joseph Paxton’s Crystal Palace, it presented a vast array of objects, technologies and works of art from around the world. The sources in this edition provide a depth of context for study into the Exhibition.
V. Visitors Accounts (continued), VI. Perspectives on the Exhibition,
VII. Th e Closing Ceremony and Assessments, Editorial Notes, Silent
Corrections, List of Sources, Index