General view from transept, looking west. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the interior of the hall. A print either of this photograph or the one serving as the frontispiece to vol. II, was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition. A somewhat faded print.
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. II. Reports — Classes V. to XVI. 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...
Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of turbine manufactured by Fromont and Son of Chartres: 'A double turbine, constructed on the system of M. Fontaine Baron. The turbine is a hydraulic machine — of frequent use in France but almost unknown in England — which, instead of rotating verticall...
Genre: Industrial Photography Side view of the locomotive 'Folkstone,' of the South Eastern Railway, patented by T. R. Crampton and built by Stephenson and Co., Newcastle.
Close view of a two-wheeled, covered buffalo carriage from India. A print of this photograph, there credited to Owen, was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Cotton machinery; Hibbert, Platt, and Sons. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
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Genre: Industrial Photography Close view of piece of machinery manufactured by Hibbert, Platt and Sons: 'In the exhibition of machinery for spinning, and its preparatory processes, Messrs. Hibbert, Platt, and Sons have taken the lead, by establishing and maintaining in operation a complete seri...