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(19)
Tags
Art Historical Context
Step into the whimsical world of 19th-century satire with *The Great Exhibition "Wot to Be"*, a 1850 wood engraving by George Sala, credited to the fictional "Committee of the Society for Things in Their Places." cheeky print, measuring just 5 1/16 x 9 5/16 inches, pok fun at the mounting hype surrounding the Great Exhibition of 1—the world's first international fair held in London's Crystal Palace. With its playful cockney title, it promises to reveal "what is to be exhibited, who is to exhibit, in short how its all going to be done," capturing the era's feverish anticipation for global indus...
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