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A work in the form of a scroll, featuring a panoramic display of engraved scenes from the Great Exhibition of 1851 arranged in double (upper and lower) rows. The engravings are printed on paper sheets mounted on a continuous piece of cloth that is wrapped around a wooden spindle.

Published as a souvenir edition, with engraved illustrations reprinted from the Illustrated London news.

The scroll begins with three diagrams showing the fluctuations in the number of visitors to the Exhibition on various days of the week, with reference to the cost of tickets, the weather, and the temperature inside the exhibition galleries. This section with the diagrams is signed: "Drawn by Lance Corp[ora]l J. Mack, Royal Sappers and Miners; Day & Son, lith[ographe]rs to the Queen." They are also signed in the stone by Henry C. Owen and dated 8 Feb. 1852. The graphs show "the fluctuations in the number of visitors, as affected by different days of the week, different scale of payment, rain, and heat of the building."

Panorama consisting of wood-engraved sheets each measuring ca. 29 x 52 cm. mounted side by side on linen. Together they make up two parallel views of the Great Exhibition, one above the other, with descriptive text at foot of each. The wood engravings are based on daguerreotypes by Richard Beard (cf. Sparling).

The printed captions running below the engravings briefly describe the objects displayed in the Crystal Palace and give the names of the principal manufacturers featured in each section of the exhibition.

Dilke, C.W. Catalogue of a collection of works on or having reference to the Exhibition of 1851, p. 55