Jane Howells wrote:
>In imitation of the Crystal Palace Great Exhibition of 1851, Salisbury held
>its own "Exhibition of Local Industry, Amateur Productions, Works of Art,
>Antiquities, Objects of Taste, Articles of Vertu etc" in October 1852. Does
>anyone know of other provincial copies?
It depends on how close a copy you want! The 1851 Exhibition itself can
be seen as part of a series, though it certainly added a new twist.
There were many local exhibitions of the industrial arts type in many
parts of the UK both before and after 1851.
For a short note on the background and some comments on local
exhibitions see:
www.faslaw.demon.co.uk/articles/electronic/exhibs/wolverhampton_exhibiti
ons.htm
(Sorry about that overblown URL. Maybe you could just go to the site,
click on articles, then electronic, and go from there!)
The background given on the site is based largely on: Paul Greenhalgh,
Ephemeral Vistas: The Exposition Universelles, Great Exhibitions and
World's Fairs, 1851-1939, Manchester University Press, 1988.
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Frank Sharman
Wolverhampton, UK
tel: +44 01902 335517
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