View of the closing ceremony of the Great Exhibition of 1851, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm At left two boys warm

At left two boys warm themselves at a stove

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Group portrait of the Holborn Valley Improvements Committee at Holborn Viaduct

A chicken seller

The Duke of Wellington stands between Apsley House

View of the closing ceremony of the Great Exhibition of 1851, London Size:M: 60 x 45cm At left two boys warmView of the closing ceremony of the Great Exhibition of 1851, London, 1851. Conceived by Prince Albert, the Great Exhibition was intended to showcase the 'Works of the Industry of all Nations'. It was housed in the purpose built Crystal Palace, the first large scale prefabricated ferrovitreous (iron and glass) structure, designed by the gardener and architect Joseph Paxton. The prefabricated design made the construction, and later dismantling of the