ILLUSTRATED BY - W. J. Linton, E. J. J. Linton, F. J. Smith, E. Landells, T. B. Whimbey, M. Cardonstal, and M. Jackson (Engravings on Wood)

PUBLICATION YEAR - 1857

CONTENT NOTE - Critical and visual record of the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, illustrated by upwards of 150 engravings on wood.

ILLUSTRATION DETAIL - Includes a colour plate of the Exhibition Palace Exterior (often found as a chromolithograph).

PUBLISHER - Alexander Ireland & Co., Manchester, and W. H. Smith & Son, London

13.5x10x1 In.

This is the First and Only Edition of a monumental pictorial record documenting the Art Treasures Exhibition held in Manchester in 1857. That exhibition was one of the largest and most ambitious displays of art ever staged in Britain, rivaling the Great Exhibition of 1851.

The book is a comprehensive, contemporary resource featuring the exhibition's critical and historical record, illustrated with upwards of 150 engravings on wood by noted Victorian artists like W. J. Linton. The work provides a detailed look at the priceless objects displayed, from paintings to sculpture, and includes a striking colour plate of the Art Treasures Palace Exterior. The beautiful blue embossed cloth binding with the elaborate gold gilt wreath design is characteristic of fine Victorian commemorative volumes.

Non-exportable

Provenance: The Estate of Mangaldas Nathubhai