Naval models, etc.; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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View of a group of ship models of western Indian craft. Severe edge fading on print, although central portion bright. Fading in from edges. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition. With barely discenible monogram 'H. O.' at bottom righ...
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' (partly cropped. Side view of small cannon mounted on a camel saddle. Severe edge fading. A copy of this photograph was also exhibited at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' Arrangement of Egyptian implements, including ploughshare, earthenware pots and grinding stones. Some edge fading, but central area richly toned. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of ...
View of agricultural machinery manufactured by Crosskill, on display in the exhibition grounds. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
View of a one-horse cart ('On the whole, the principles of construction of Mr. Busby's cart are considered more correct than those of any other in the Exhibition'), a plough and other agricultural machinery, made by Busby of Newton-le-Willows, on display in the exhibition grounds.
Agricultural implements; Garrett and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography View of a steam engine and harvesting machinery manufactured by Garrett: 'Messrs. Garrett and Son in their engine had made a great effort to combine lightness with strength, having substituted wrought for cast iron in the bearing for crank-shaft and other parts ......
Agricultural implements; Hornsby and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography View of a steam engine and harvesting equipment manufactured by Hornsby and Sons, in display in the exhibition grounds. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Disc of flint glass; Chance, Brothers, and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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View of the large piece of optical glass, 29 inches in diameter, exhibited by Chance Brothers. On first inspection by the jury, no opinion could be given as to its quality because of unevenness of the surface. After polishing, it was again examined and finally won a Council Medal, although the j...
Arrangement of several specimens of 'astronomical glass' of various sizes, manufactured by Theodore Daguet of Switzerland: '…They were all found to be good … Mr. Daguet, by a process of his own, gives to flint glass a degree of hardness not attained by any other manufacturer; his glass, particul...
Heliostat and other instruments; Dubosq Soleil. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Arrnagement of a heliostat and several other scientific instruments: 'Dubosq-Soleil (France, has exhibited Silberman's heliostat … [He] has also exhibited a saccharometer … Bravais' haloscope, for the exhibition of all the phenomenae connected with halos, parhelions, etc. ... besides these ... a...
View of a display case containing numerous barometers by the French manufacturer Eugene Bourdon: 'Bourdon (France, No. 1108) has exhibited several barometers of an original construction ... These instruments are applicable for measuring the pressure of the atmosphere, gas, etc., to a range excee...
View of a display case containing wind instruments made by Adolphe Sax. The instruments received the Council Medal in the class, 'for his invention of several new classes of wind instruments, in wood and metal … Among the inventors of musical instruments, the highest distinction is due to the me...
View of transept, looking north. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Interior view of the transept, the fan window at the end largely obscured by the tree in front, with sculpture and a fountain in the foreground. A photograph taken from a more elevated viewpoint than the preceding print.
View of east end of building. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Architectural Photography Exterior view looking along façade of the west end of the Crystal Palace. The sky portion of the print has been clearly masked off above the flags fluttering along the roofline.
General view from transept, looking east. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Architectural Photography View along the hall of the Crystal Palace, with sculpture in the foreground. Some overall fading. This photograph, or possibly the frontispiece to volume I, was also shown at the 1852...
Exhibition of the works of industry of all nations, 1851. Reports by the juries on the subjects in the thirty classes into which the exhibition was divided. By authority of the Royal Commission. In four volumes. Vol. III. Reports — Classes XVII to XXVIII. Photographer(s): Owen, Hugh
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Imprint: London: Spicer Brothers, wholesale stationers; W. Clowes and Sons, Printers; Contractors to the Royal Commission. MDCCCLII. Folio, full red morocco, 365 x 282 mm, stamped in gilt on upper and lower boards, 'Exhibition MDCCC.LI Reports by the Juries,' with royal crest beneath and doubl...
Embroidered saddle; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom left corner with monogram 'H. O.' Side view of embroidered and tasselled saddle. Overall fading of print. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' Close view of embroidered saddle-cloth, with curved sword hanging in front. Considerable fading in from edges. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner (partly cropped) with monogram 'H. O.' Side view of embroidered saddle. Fading in from edges, but rich tones in central portion of print . A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhib...
Embroidered saddle; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner with monogram 'H. O.' Close view from the side of embroidered saddle. Some fading in from edges, but central portion bright. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Chain armour and swords; India. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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View of chain-mail vest, helmet and two crossed swords. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Large anchor; Brown, Lenox, and Co. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Industrial Photography View in the exhibition grounds, with part of the buildings visible in the background, the foreground dominated by the diagonally arranged shaft of a large anchor and chain cables, ...
Brass lectern; Hardman and Co. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of brass lectern manufactured by Hardman of Birmingham, 'remarkable … for the perfect intelligence with which the ornamentation (entirely Gothic) is designed and executed.' (p. 1095). A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society...
Fire grates; Hoole, Robson, and Hoole. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Display of three decorative cast-iron grates manufactured by Henry E. Hoole, Robson and Hoole of Sheffield, from designs by Alfred Stevens, displaying 'great beauty and artistic intelligence.' (p. 1098). A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal S...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a decorative fountain, by the French manufacturer J. P. V. André: 'The high excellence of the castings by André has already been noticed … A cast-iron fountain in the East Nave is also a meritorious work; though it may be doubted whether cast-iron ...
Design for fountain; André. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of a design in the form of a crocodile grasping a fish between its jaws. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Castings of animals; Aubanel. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of an arrangement of animals in cast-iron by the French manufacturer Aubanel. The pieces include a wild boar, a stag, a lion devouring his kill and a horse. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of an elaborate cast-iron gateway executed by the Coalbrook Dale Company, who were responsible in 1779 for erecting the first iron bridge in England, at Ironbridge: 'The vast extent of of the contributions by this Company, their variety and very general exc...
Clocks, chandeliers, and bronzes; Matifat. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Display of clocks and other items by the French manufacturer C. S. Matifat: 'The Jury consider the contributions by this exhibitor to be of a very high order. They are chiefly works in bronze, and bronze gilt and silvered, consisting of chandeliers, candelabra, ...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view from the side of the bronze lion cast by the Bavarian Ferdinand Miller from the model by Professor Halbig, 'regarded by the Jury as a most admirable example of successful casting. It is said to be one of a pair cast at the same time from the same furn...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of General view of display of metalwork by R. W. Winfield: 'Mention has already been made to the collection of brass-work contributed by this exhibitor, as displaying very perfect workmanship with a moderate amount of ornamentation … This house has also had the mer...
Shield, present to the Prince of Wales by the King of Prussia. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Head-on view of the circular embossed shield, given to the Prince of Wales as a christening present by the King of Prussia: 'His Majesty furnished the general plan of the work: the drawings for it were designed by the celebrated painter Cornelius, the architectu...
Vase in repoussé work, by Vechte; Hunt and Roskell. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of repoussé silver vase by Vechte, exhibited by Hunt of Roskell of Bond Street: 'The exhibition of Messrs. Hunt and Roskell presents an assemblage of articles of rare magnificence … The Jury, however, prefer, among all the articles in Messrs. Hunt and Roske...
Group in silver; Hancock. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of silverware piece showing two men in combat, a fallen horse between them, on a base inscribed, 'Goodwood 1851,' photographed against a dark background. This was one of a number of pieces exhibted by C. F. Hancock of Bruton Street.
Silver centre-piece in repoussé work; Froment-Meurice. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of the table centre-piece by Froment-Meurice of Paris, arranged against a dark background: '…The attention of the Jury has been arrested by a centre-piece, representing Ceres, Bacchus, and Venus standing upon the terrestrial globe, which is encircled ...
Large centre-piece in silver; Wagner and Sons. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom right corner with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Close view of an elaborately wrought table centre-piece by Emil Wagner of Berlin, surmounted by a winged figure representing the genius of civilization: 'The Jury recognise in t...
Cast-iron vases; Royal Prussian Foundry. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of three large cast-iron vases manufactured by the Royal Prussian Foundry, set on plinths in front of a white backdrop.