3-008-496 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Eastern Annexe of the International Exhibition Building containing agricultural implements, [South Kensington, London], 1862. '...in the last few days great advance has been made in fitting and preparing [the Eastern Annexe] for exhibition. Exhibitors are adorning and altering its appearance daily by the erection of stalls and tasteful galleries, which are reached by spiral staircases, In the large open court which forms the heart of this annexe greenhouses of various sizes, forms, and patterns are springing rapidly into existence. These it is intended, as the season advances, to fill with a choice collection of fruits and flowers'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.