Simple type of brick and tile cottages, pulled down in 1916
The reception was the culmination of the celebrations held in connection with the Bicentenary
Commissioned to mark HM The Queen's 50 year association with the RSA
Painted by Anna Zinkeisen, T R Crampton is third from left, wearing an Inverness cape. Awarded the Society's gold medal in 1846 for his invention of the narrow-gauge locomotive engine. Working from engravings and records preserved at the Science Museum and in the archives, the artist has reproduced not only the design but also the original colouring of the engine. 34,000 copies sold.
1851 Great Exhibition
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Statue of a worker seen on the USSR building on the left, Trylon and Perisphere in centre background
Chairman of Council 1850 and 1852; Published in Vanity Fair, drawn by James Tissot
The 'Exhibition of Exhibitions' in the Great Room, commemorating the many exhibitions that the RSA had been involved with or organised, 1951