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1. The Great Exhibition: Exterior View from the Southwest

The Great Exhibition: Exterior View from the Southwest
Creator:
Print made by George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:
1851
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint, stipple engraving, and etching with color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, surrounded with gold dome-shaped border, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 12 5/8 inches (14.4 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

2. London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew.

London labour and the London poor : a cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work / by Henry Mayhew.
Creator:
Mayhew, Henry, 1812–1887
Date:
1851[-1861]
Physical Description:
3 volumes : illustrations ; 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.

Description of the various head dresses exhibited by Fredk. Brown, of 47, Fenchurch St. , in Section 18, no. 245, of the Exhibition Building, Hyde Park.
Creator:
Browne, Frederick, (Wig maker)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors to his portable travelling cabinet ... : containing the complete furniture of a drawing-room, and forms its own case for travelling.

Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors to his portable travelling cabinet ... : containing the complete furniture of a drawing-room, and forms its own case for travelling.
Creator:
Kane, Gregory, active 1851
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. [Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].

[Price list for items produced and sold by Henry Urch, Saddle and Harness Manufacturer, 84, Long Acre, London].
Creator:
Urch, Henry
Date:
May, 1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet : illustrations ; 33 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851 / W.P. Metchim, lith., 1 Adam St., Strand.

Game of the Great Exhibition of 1851 / W.P. Metchim, lith., 1 Adam St., Strand.
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; sheet 50 x 62 cm, folded to 17 x 21 cm, in covers 18 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957

7. Catalogue of the very choice collection of pictures, of the highest class : the property of William Theobald Esq., deceased : which (by order of the executors,) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 10, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
16 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

8. Reede's patent girth regulator.

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

9. Gregory Kane, 68 & 69 Dame-Street, Dublin, begs to call the attention of visitors to his newly invented Ladies' Portmanteau : with portable bonnet & dress cases : newly invented hat case ... : newly invented railway companion ... : improved military three-fold portmanteaus ... : newly invented sold leather writing desk & portmaneau ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Kane, Gregory, active 1851
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet ; 22 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

10. [Admission ticket for The Diapharama : Linwood Gallery, Leicester Square].

No cover image available
Date:
[approximately 1851?]
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 7 x 10 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

11. Crystal Palace commemorative medal : Exposition internationale de l'industrie, London, 1851.

No cover image available
Creator:
Allen & Moore (Firm)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 medal : white metal ; 39 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

12. Catalogue of interesting modern English pictures, forming the collection of G. T. Andrews, Esq., of York : including many pleasing works by artists of high repute : in particular, many charming works by Etty, R. A., among others, the celebrated picture of "Robinson Crusoe Shipwrecked" : Venus asleep in the greenwood shade, the Bather, Somnolency, The Graces, The Toilet, &c. &c. &c. : and equally interesting examples of Collins, R. A., Webster, R. A., Leslie, R. A., Sydney Cooper, R.A., Lee, R.A., Creswick, R. A., Redgrave, R.A., Frith, A.R.A., Newton, R.A., Linnell, Müller, Harding, Pyne, Hurlstone, Philip, &c. &c. &c. : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 31, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
15, [1] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

13. Crystal Palace commemorative medal : The building at London, for the International Exhibition, 1851.

No cover image available
Creator:
Allen & Moore (Firm)
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 medal : white metal ; 45 mm in diameter
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

14. [Admission ticket for a lecture at the Royal Academy : Thursday [13] day of [March 1851]

No cover image available
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 ticket ; 6 x 9 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

15. An authentic view of the Great Industrial Exhibition Palace of 1851.

No cover image available
Date:
[1851?]
Physical Description:
1 peepshow : hand-colored lithographs ; 14 x 18 cm (closed), expanding to 46 cm (open)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

16. Catalogue of Italian, Flemish, and Dutch pictures, of the very highest class : including the choice portion of the well-known collection of the late General Sir John Murray : the remainder being selections from some of the most important galleries on the Continent : also, two fine Imperial Roman busts, in porphyry : Bust of the Duke of Marlborough : and a statuette of Leda : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, July 17, 1851, at two o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
12 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

17. Modern tombs, gleaned from the public cemeteries, of London. Measured, drawn and etched by Arthur William Hakewill ...

No cover image available
Creator:
Hakewill, Arthur William, 1808–1856
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
2 p.l., [3]-9 p. ill., 30 plates. 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

18. R.M. Vick : saddler, harness & collar maker : & inventor of the improved hame : 89, Southgate Street, Gloucester.

No cover image available
Creator:
Vick, R. M.
Date:
[approximately 1851]
Physical Description:
[4] pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

19. The Illustrated London News grand panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations, 1851.

No cover image available
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 sheet ([1] p.) : col. ill. ; 29 x 710 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

20. Catalogue of the very choice and unique cabinet of Dutch, Flemish, and English pictures of Richard Artis, Esq., removed from his residence at Ramsgate : which will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, May 17, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

21. Catalogue of the choice and valuable collection of pictures, of Ralph Fletcher, Esq., Deceased, and removed from his residence at Gloucester : also, a few bronzes, and busts, in marble : which (by order of the executors) will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Saturday, June 28, 1851, at one o'clock precisely.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
14, [2] pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

22. Catalogue of ten English pictures, of the highest class : the property of James Barker, Esq., of Manchester : which will be sold by auction, bt Messrs. Christie and Manson, at their Great Room, 8, King Street, St. James's Square, on Tuesday, July 29, 1851.

No cover image available
Creator:
Christie & Manson
Date:
[1851]
Physical Description:
4 pages ; 24 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

23. Building of the Great Exhibition of 1851.

No cover image available
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
1 item ; 4.5 x 6 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Rosemarie Haag Bletter and Martin Filler.

24. Catalogue of the Bridgewater collection of pictures belonging to the Earl of Ellesmere at Bridgewater House, Cleveland Square.

No cover image available
Creator:
Ellesmere, Francis Egerton, Earl of, 1800–1857
Date:
1851
Physical Description:
46 pages ; 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts