# Inside the Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition, 1851 > Visit the 1851 exhibition through its building, machines, organizers, and displays from around the world. Investigate industrial competition, imperial power, public spectacle, and the museums funded by the exhibition’s profits. Canonical URL: https://aristotree.com/inkandmaps/inside-the-crystal-palace-the-great-exhibition-1851 Language: en Creator: inkandmaps Last modified: 2026-10-07T08:37:42.341Z Concepts: 26 Relationships: 40 This is a public, user-curated knowledge graph. Follow the cited sources when verifying claims. ## Concepts ### Albertopolis **Albertopolis** is the nickname given to the area centred on Exhibition Road in London, named after Prince Albert, consort of **Queen Victoria**. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertopolis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albertopolis?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### French Industrial Exposition of 1844 The **French Industrial Exposition of 1844**, held in a temporary structure on the Champs-Élysées in Paris, was the tenth in a series of eleven **French national industrial expositions** held since 1798 to encourage improvements in progressive agriculture and in technology. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Industrial_Exposition_of_1844 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Industrial_Exposition_of_1844?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum ### Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 The **Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851** is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, which was held in **The Crystal Palace**, London. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_for_the_Exhibition_of_1851 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Commission_for_the_Exhibition_of_1851?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha ### Schweppes **Schweppes** is a British **soft drink** brand founded in Geneva in 1783 by the German watchmaker and amateur scientist Johann Jacob Schweppe; it is now made, bottled, and distributed worldwide by multiple international conglomerates, depending on licensing and region, that manufacture and sell soft drinks. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweppes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schweppes?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Howard Staunton **Howard Staunton** was an English chess master who is generally regarded as the world's strongest player from 1843 to **1851**, largely as a result of his 1843 victory over Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Staunton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Staunton?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Michael Faraday **Michael Faraday** was an English **chemist** and physicist who contributed vastly to the study of electrochemistry and electromagnetism. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Faraday?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Samuel Colt **Samuel Colt** was an American inventor, industrialist, and businessman who established **Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Company** and made the mass production of revolvers commercially viable. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Colt?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### William Cavendish, 6th Duke of Devonshire **William** George Spencer **Cavendish**, 6th Duke of Devonshire, styled Marquess of Hartington until 1811, was an English peer, courtier and Whig politician. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshire?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton ### Isambard Kingdom Brunel **Isambard Kingdom Brunel** was an English **civil** and marine engineer considered "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most eminent Victorian engineer", and one whose work "altered the lives of almost every person in Britain, and millions abroad". Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace ### Charles Fox (engineer, born 1810) Sir **Charles Fox** was an English **civil engineer** and contractor. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(civil_and_railway_engineer) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_(civil_and_railway_engineer)?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Wentworth Dilke Sir Charles **Wentworth Dilke**, 1st Baronet, was an English art patron, horticulturalist and Whig politician. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_Dilke - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth_Dilke?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### George Wallis **George Wallis** FSA was an English artist, art educator, and museum curator. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wallis?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### George Jennings **George Jennings** was an English sanitary engineer and **plumber** who invented the first public flush toilets. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jennings - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Jennings?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace ### Henry Cole (inventor) Sir **Henry Cole** FRSA was an English civil servant and inventor who facilitated many innovations in commerce, education and the arts in the 19th century in the **United Kingdom**. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor)?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Victoria and Albert Museum The **Victoria and Albert Museum** in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of **applied arts**, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_and_Albert_Museum?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Hyde Park, London **Hyde** **Park** is a 350-acre (140-hectare), historic Grade I-listed urban park in Westminster, Greater London. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park%2C_London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park%2C_London?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor) ### The Crystal Palace **The Crystal Palace** was a cast iron and plate glass structure, originally built in **Hyde Park, London**, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park%2C_London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton ### Jacquard machine The **Jacquard machine** is a device fitted to a loom that simplifies the process of manufacturing **textiles** with such complex patterns as brocade, damask and matelassé. The resulting ensemble of the loom and Jacquard machine is then called a Jacquard loom. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacquard_machine?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha **Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha** was the husband of **Queen Victoria** and consort of the British monarch from their marriage on 10 February 1840 until his death in 1861. Victoria granted him the title Prince Consort in 1857. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria ### Queen Victoria **Victoria** was **Queen** of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Koh-i-Noor 12 g). It is currently set in the Crown of **Queen** Elizabeth the Queen Mother. The earliest recorded history dates to the late 15th century, when it came into the possession of **Babur**, founder of the Mughal Empire. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Inside the Crystal Palace: The Great Exhibition, 1851 Visit the **1851** exhibition through its building, machines, organizers, and displays from around the world. Investigate **industrial** competition, imperial power, public spectacle, and the museums funded by the exhibition’s profits. Topics: history, historical episode Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-great-exhibition-of-1851 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyde_Park%2C_London - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cole_(inventor) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Paxton - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koh-i-Noor ### Royal Society of Arts Cole’s work with the **Society** of **Arts** helped develop the exhibition movement behind the Great Exhibition. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_of_Arts?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Exhibition ### Chatsworth House **Paxton**’s work with glasshouses at **Chatsworth** informed his design for the Crystal Palace. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatsworth_House?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Victoria amazonica **Paxton** studied the structure of the giant water lily while developing his glasshouse designs. Topics: history Sources: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_amazonica - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_amazonica?action=history - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ### Joseph Paxton Sir **Joseph Paxton** was an English **gardener**, architect, engineer and Liberal Member of Parliament. 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