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JOSEPH NASH (1809-78)

The Great Exhibition: The Exterior

dated 1851

Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour | 33.0 x 46.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 919931

In a courtyard outside the Crystal Palace, visitors could examine raw materials such as coal as well as large manufactured objects including obelisks, as Nash shows.

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