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Print, North Germany. Plate from "Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851," published 1854.

This is a Print. It was made by Joseph Nash The Elder. It is dated 1851–54 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is lithograph. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Ashton Hawkins. It is credited Gift of Ashton Hawkins.

Its dimensions are

Image: 34 x 48.6 cm (13 3/8 x 19 1/8 in.)

It is signed

Lower right under image in graphite: Joseph Nash Signed and dated in stone lower right: JN 1852

It is inscribed

Imprinted lower left: Proof Imprinted lower right: North Germany Imprinted lower margin, center: Dickinson Bros. 114 New Bond Street [worn]

Cite this object as

Print, North Germany. Plate from "Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851," published 1854.; Made by Joseph Nash The Elder (British, 1808 - 1878); England; lithograph; Image: 34 x 48.6 cm (13 3/8 x 19 1/8 in.); Gift of Ashton Hawkins; 1998-65-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Faster, Cheaper, Newer, More: The Revolutions of 1848.

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