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Colnaghi & Co. (13/14, Pall Mall East., publisher)
Photographs of the "Gems of the Art Treasures Exhibition," Manchester, 1857
1857
Album page
38.7 x 36.5 x 2.7 cm (album)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2372817
LL/91153
Leather and cloth bound album of photographs (RCINs 2372817-2372834) illustrating "Gems of the Art Treasures Exhibition" held in Manchester. The album inlcudes photographs of paintings, minatures and decorative arts objects from the Royal Collection and private collections.
The Art Treasures exhibition in Manchester mounted during the summer of 1857 was the first large public exhibition of works of art from private collections in England, and included many works lent by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
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