3-008-464 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Progress of the International Exhibition Building: marking out space for stalls, 1862. British soldiers writing the names of companies on the floor. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.