Egypt, Turkey, and Greece (general view). Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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Inscription: Inscribed in negative at bottom right with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the Egyptian, Turkish and Greek courts in the exhibition. Extensive fading in from edges. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts ...
Vegetable products of Scotland; Lawson and Sons. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
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View looking towards the stand of Lawson and Sons, in a gallery of the exhibition hall, with a display of Scottish vegetable produce: 'Messrs. Lawson's collection (105) exhibits the ear, grain, &c., &c., of every variety of cereal, and also models of all the roots which it has been found...
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.
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...