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Great exhibitions : the world fairs 1851-1937 / Robert Wilson ; checklist compiled by Amanda Dunsmore and Matthew Martin.
- Title
- Great exhibitions : the world fairs 1851-1937 / Robert Wilson ; checklist compiled by Amanda Dunsmore and Matthew Martin.
- Author
- Wilson, Robert
- Publication
- Melbourne : Council of Trustees of the National Gallery of Victoria, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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- Description
- 79 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 27 cm.
- Alternative Title
- World fairs 1851-1937
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs
- History
- Note
- Catalogue of an exhibition held at NGV International, Melbourne, 27 April - 4 November 2007.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 79).
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Director's foreword -- Thoughts of the collector -- Introduction -- Paxton's Crystal Palace, London, 1851 -- The first Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1855 -- The second London exhibition, 1862 -- Gistave Eiffel's first Paris exposition, 1867 -- London's last hurrah, 1871-1874 -- Weltausstellung (World's Fair) Vienna, 1873 -- America's centenary, Philadelphia, 1876 -- Paris herself again, 1878 -- Colonial ambitions, Sydney, 1879; Melbourne, 1880 and 1888 -- A French triumph, Paris, 1889 -- Columbus celebrated, Chicago, 1893 -- The exposition of the century, Paris, 1900 -- St Louis exposition, 1904; and the Franco-British exhibition, London, 1908 -- A new direction, Paris, 1925 and 1937 -- Conclusion -- Exhibition checklist -- Additional illustrations checklist -- Further reading.
- ISBN
- 9780724102846
- 0724102841
- OCLC
- 225352820
- SCSB-10002965
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library