3-003-883 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Progress of the International Exhibition building: works of the Nave, Eastern Transept, and Dome, as seen from the South-West, 1861. The International Exhibition of 1862, or the Great London Exposition, was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862, beside the gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society, South Kensington, on a site that now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. From a 'photo on wood' by T. Bolton, published in "Illustrated London News", 1861.