Great Britain: International Exhibition: Exhibition Building / Crystal Palace |
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| Form: | Circular | ||||||||||||
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| By: | George Dowler, Birmingham | ||||||||||||
| Date: | 1862 | ||||||||||||
| Ref: |
BHM: 2725; Laidlaw: 1054; |
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| Edge: |
Plain. |
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| Obverse: |
South Front view of the exhibition building. Signed on the exergue line: "G. DOWLER (left) BIRMM. (right). Legend above on four concentric lines: "THE BUILDING FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION / (SOUTH FRONT VIEW) / OPENED MAY 1ST. / 1862 (across)". In the exergue: "COVERS A SPACE OF 26 ACRES. LENGTH 1200 FT. / WIDTH 700 FT., HEIGHT 100 FT., NAVE 85 FT. WIDE. / THE BUILDING IS OF BRICK. THE DOMES / ARE OF IRON AND GLASS, HEIGHT 250 FT. / AND 150 FT. DIAM: AT BASE. / (THE LARGES DOME EVER ERECTED) / COST ₤300'000. |
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| Reverse: |
View of the Crystal Palace. Legend above: "THE MIGHT OF INDUSTRY THE GLORY OF PEACE". Signed below the exergue line: "DOWLER (left) BIRMM. (right)". In the exergue: "THE CRYSTAL PALACE / SYDENHAM". |
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| Notes: |
Comes inside a square orange box with a green label showing the obverse design of the medal in black. The 1862 International Exhibition was held from 1 May to 1 November, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, London. The Crystal Palace was originally built in Hyde Park, London, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. In 1884 it was re-erected in Sydenham, London. South Africa was represented at the 1862 exhibition by the Colony of Natal only, the Cape Colony having refused to allocate funds. There were exhibits of agricultural products, notably from the rapidly growing sugar industry. Aspects of Zulu culture and the flora a fauna of Natal were on display. |
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