The Great Exhibition, 1851: Display of Fur and Taxidermy

Photograph showing a collection of furs and taxidermy assembled by Nicholay and Son, Oxford Street, London and exhibited at the Great Exhibition. A lion and a wolf enclose the display respectively on the left and on the right. The display includes a stand inscribed `George Smith and Sons, 10 Watling Street'.

This photograph is from Volume II (RCIN 2800001) of ' Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851: Reports by the Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided'. The incredibly successful Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, commonly known as the Great Exhibition, ran from May to October 1851.  At the exhibition's conclusion, over 100 copies of the four volume 'Reports by the Juries' were distributed to foreign governments and notable participants. The reports consist of the juries' comments and assessments of the works displayed in the exhibition. The idea and decision to illustrate the reports with photographs is attributed to Prince Albert (1819-61).