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We're recreating the Great Exhibition of 1851 as an immersive VR experience. It's completely free (& always will be).

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175 years ago today was the last general admission day for the 1851 Great Exhibition. The Illustrated London News marked the occasion with this large fold out engraving (approx. 33” x 43”):

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The latest update to my VR simulation of the Great Exhibition of 1851 adds 3D models of the Comical Creatures of Wurtemberg, which you can now see as Ploucquet intended, for the first time in 175 years! Plus many other new pieces:

https://t.co/T5CSBd2XId

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This view looking East along the nave from near the West end of the South Central Gallery of 1851 Great Exhibition appeared in the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today:

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Just this article 175 years ago today in the Illustrated London News, looking forward to the closing of the exhibition, and what might happen after:

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This engraving of the Great Exhibition's Medieval Court was in the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. The font (centre image) is now at St Augustine's Ramsgate; the tabernacle (behind/left of font) is now at Southwark Cathedral.

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Following last week's double supplement, the Illustrated London News had just this article about the Great Exhibition, 175 years ago today:

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175 years ago today there were 2 supplements to the Illustrated London News, full of Great Exhibition engravings, including these two of the West and East Nave.

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The latest update to my VR simulation of the Great Exhibition of 1851 adds 3D models of decorated ceilings, taxidermy, sculpture, an altar screen, carpets and tapestries:

https://t.co/no8mlYbSah

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Illustrated London News, 175 years ago today: the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Strait opened in 1850. The box sections were lifted using the Great Hydraulic Press, one of which was shown at the Great Exhibition:

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From the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today: Hibbert Platt cotton machines, view looking NE from location E1 of the Hyde Park Crystal Palace.

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From the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today: the stand of Victor Cruchet, producer of wainscoting, furniture in carved oak & carton-pierre.

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This engraving is from the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. It is the only image I have found showing the location of Kesseler's Polyhymnia (by the colossal lion).

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This is a plan of water supply for the 1851 Great Exhibition building in Hyde Park. The primary subject of the plan is 'fire security', which probably explains the 'ring' nature of the supply pipes & use of many stopcocks. It also shows the supply pipes to the working fountains.

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The latest update to my VR simulation of the Great Exhibition of 1851 adds 3D models of 16 sculptures to the British Sculpture Court:
https://t.co/5ykSyzHHmA
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This engraving is from the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. It shows the West end of the Great Exhibition building. It features: Dench greenhouse; Brown Lenox anchor; Cheeswring column; Fitzwilliam coal pillar; Oakeley coal.

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This engraving is from the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. It features several zinc casts of famous works of sculpture by Geiss of Berlin: Hebe (Canova); Kneeling Niobe (Timotheos); Resting Deer (Rauch); Boy & Swan (Kalide); Eve at the Fountain (Baily).

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This detailed engraving is from the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. In addition to many items of sculpture, it also shows: glass cases middle bottom of the image (John Hancock's stuffed birds); gallery level in the distance (to the left of the tree) organ by Hill.

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The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park was always intended as a temporary structure, yet by July 1851 there were already proposals to keep it after the Great Exhibition, such as this from the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today:

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The latest update to my VR simulation of the Great Exhibition of 1851 adds Prince Albert's Model House, plus 4 more 3D models of sculptures:

https://t.co/vkcT1fInBP

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This engraving of Queen Victoria's retiring room appeared in the Illustrated London News 175 years ago today. The room was located adjacent to the North entrance of the 1851 Great Exhibition building in Hyde Park.