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The 1851 Great Exhibition was held in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, to showcase the latest developments in engineering, science, and the arts, as well as objects of cultural significance from Britain and abroad. Running...

In this gallery, we present reconstructions of seven famous palaces through history. The palaces, presented here in the chronological order of their construction, are: Palace of Knossos, Crete Qal'eh Dokhtar Palace, Fizurabad Dungur...

The Renkioi Hospital, was a complex of innovative prefabricated buildings designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel for use during the Crimean War (1853-56). Brunel had been moved by the heavy casualties and even higher deaths via disease during...

An 1894 oil on canvas, Summertime, by Mary Cassatt (1844-1926), the American impressionist painter. Here Cassatt uses her impressionist skills to catch the effects of light on the water. (Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville...

An illustration by J. McNeven showing a section of the interior (the Grand Entrance) of the Crystal Palace in London which hosted the Great Exhibition of 1851. Printed by Ackermann & Co., 1851. (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)

An 1871 oil on canvas, Crystal Palace, by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. Pissarro lived and painted in England during the Franco-Prussian War. He met the art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel and this was the...

A detail of a contemporary print showing the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London which hosted the Great Exhibition from May to October in 1851. The innovative structure was designed by Sir Joseph Paxton (1801-1865) and created almost one...

An illustration of the Crystal Palace hosting the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. (Read & Co. Engravers & Printers, 1851)

The Mighty King 600 of their warriors I put to the sword and decapitated; 400 I took alive; 3,000 captives I brought forth; I took possession of the city for myself: the living soldiers, and heads to the city of Amidi the royal city...

The Storming of the Tuileries Palace, also commonly known as the Insurrection of 10 August, was a defining moment in the French Revolution (1789-99) that saw the armed revolutionaries of Paris invade the residence of King Louis XVI of France...