Group of watercolours of the Great Exhibition, 1851

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Henry Clarke Pidgeon (1807 - 1880)

V&A (Victoria & Albert Museum)

1851

Eleven of the 25 original watercolours reproduced as lithographs by Day & Co, in the publication Recollections of the Great Exhibition (1851). These watercolours comprise one of the principal visual records of the interiors and contents of the Great Exhibition of 1851, one of the key events in the history of British art and design. Titles are: 1) The Indian Court and Jewels, by Pigeon; 2) Part of the Fine Arts Court, by Michael; 3) View of the West Nave, by Pidgeon; 4) Church Furniture, by Dolby; 5) The Indian Court and Elephant Trappings, by Goodall; 6) Part of the China Court, by Absolon; 7) View of the East Nave (The Amazon, by August Karl Edward Kiss), by Absolon; 8) View of the East Nave (Godfrey de Bouillon, by Louis Eugene Simonis) by Absolon; 9) Part of the Russian Court, by Pidgeon; 10) Part of the French Court, no.1 (Sevres), by Goodall; 11) Part of the French Court, no.2, by Absolon.

• Artists Include:
• J. Michael
• Edwin Thomas Dolby
• Walter Goodall
• John Absolon

• Medium: watercolour, gouache & gum arabic over pencil on paper
• Dimensions: various dimensions (maximum 30.5 x 40.8 cm)
• Art Fund Grant: £20000 ( Total: £45,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2006
• Vendor: Fine Art Society

Provenance

Christie's, 1989; Fine Art Society; Christie's, 2003; bought in.

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