The Great Exhibition "Wot is to Be", Probable Results of The Industry of All Nations in The Year '51, Showing What is to be Exhibited, Who is To Exhibit, in Short How Its All Going to Be Done
Medium
Wood engraving
Dimensions
sheet: 5 1/16 x 9 5/16 in. (12.8 x 23.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1963
Accession Number
63.698.6(4)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the satirical world of 1850 with *The Great Exhibition "Wot to Be," Probable Results of The of All Nations in The '51*, a witty wood engraving by George Augustus, credited alongside the fictional "Committee of the Society Keeping Things in Their Places Measuring just 5 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches, this compact print from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints collection captures the and hype surrounding London's Great Exhibition of 1851 world's first international fair, housed in the revolutionary Crystal Palace. Created a year before the event, organized by Prince Albert to ...
About the Artist
George Augustus Sala|Committee of the Society for Keeping Things in Their Places (British|British) · 1828 |1840 –1895 |1860
British, London 1828–1895 Hove|London