The Great Exhibition, 1851: Giotto by Tuerlinckx

Photograph of a marble sculpture of the Italian painter and architect Giotto (c.1270-1337) as a young boy looking at his first drawing. He sits on a rock, naked except for a rug between his legs, which falls over his seat. A tablet, held in his left hand, rests on his left thigh while he holds a drawing implement in his right. The sculpture is by Tuerlinckx and was shown at the Great Exhibition.

This photograph is from Volume IV (RCIN 2800003) 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).