Title from letterpress caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Wood engraving with title and two columns of prose in letterpress below, on a broadside., Text below title begins: "A fair day's wages for a fair day's labour" is a very good maxim, and a very favourite one ..., and No. V in a series of five temperance placards; publisher's advertisement for others in the series printed at bottom of sheet.
Publisher:
Printed for W. & F.G. Cash, 5, Bishopsgate Street Without; William Tweedie, 337, Strand
Title from caption below image., Text below image in lower left: Taken on the spot by George Cruikshank., Text below title: The view is taken from the south west gallery at the time when the Archbishop is offering up a prayer for the divine blessing upon the objects of this Great Exhibition., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"A view of the Crystal Palace, crowds of people cheering and waving their hats, guards lining the road and cavalry riding to the right, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children walking towards the entrance guarded by beefeaters, trees to the left and the right, the whole surrounded by laurel leaves, a banner lettered with "The Opening of the Great Hive of the World May 1 1851 or the Industrial Exhibition of All Nations".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Industrial Exhibition of All Nations
Description:
Title from text within banner in top portion of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Plate from: Mayhew. H. 1851, or, The adventures of Mr and Mrs Sandboys and family. London : David Bogue, [1851].
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two lines of text below title: In consequence of the great pressure for lodgings, the proprietor of Her Majesty's Theatre, with his usual readiness to meet the wishes and to give every possible accomodation to the public ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title devised by cataloger., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of large upper image and four rows of small figures below, three of the rows having titles etched within them: The arts and manufactures of France; The arts and manufactures of Turkey; [The arts and manufactures of] China., Text below large upper image begins: In consequence of the diversity of opinion manifested as to the most eligible site for the Great Exhibition ..., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on three sides.
