[Crowd around statue of William Shakespeare at the Great Exhibition, London, England] / Day & Son, lithrs. to the Queen. – Antique Wall Art
![[Crowd around statue of William Shakespeare at the Great Exhibition, London, England] / Day & Son, lithrs. to the Queen., London : published by Lloyd Brothers & Co., 1851. — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/f0/f0c5ae7423e4-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with [Crowd around statue of William Shakespeare at the Great Exhibition, London, England] / Day & Son, lithrs. to the Queen., an antique lithograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Crowd around statue of William Shakespeare at the Great Exhibition, London, England] / Day & Son, lithrs. to the Queen.
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Crowds gather around a statue of William Shakespeare inside the Great Exhibition of 1851, the world's fair held in the Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park. Day & Son, lithographers to the Queen, produced the print, which Lloyd Brothers published as an illustration for *Recollections of the Great Exhibition* that same year. The scene shows how the fair drew large popular audiences, and the Shakespeare figure reminds viewers that sculpture and literature were displayed alongside the machinery and manufactures the exhibition was meant to celebrate.
| Created / published | London : published by Lloyd Brothers & Co., 1851. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Genre | Book illustrations 1850-1860.Lithographs Hand-colored 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Recollections of the Great Exhibition, 1851. London : Lloyd Bros., 1851. |
| Subjects | Shakespeare, William,--1564-1616--Statues. Sculpture--England--London--1850-1860. Exhibitions--England--London--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,160 × 1,462 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218867 |
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