New York Crystal Palace: For the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations.

Artist: Frances Flora Bond Palmer (American, 1812–1876)
Publisher: Currier & Ives (American, active 1834–1907)

1853

Prints and Drawings

Eager not to be outdone by the London Crystal Palace of 1851, America opened its own international exhibition of arts and industries—the New York Crystal Palace—amid great fanfare on July 14, 1853, in Reservoir Square, a piece of land that today is partially occupied by the New York Public Library. The Crystal Palace’s 5,272 exhibitors displayed articles such as fine furniture, fabrics, porcelain, jewelry, and metalwork; recent inventions such as fire engines, sewing machines, and steam-powered pumps; and products such as Goodyear’s India rubber goods, Linus Yale’s “Patent Magic Locks,” and guns from the makers Colt, Sharps, and Whitney. Samuel F. B. Morse received a silver medal for his telegraph; Tiffany and Company was awarded a silver medal for its silverware; and Matthew Brady won a bronze medal for his daguerreotypes. Although it had been dubbed “fireproof” at the time of its construction, on October 6, 1858, the Crystal Palace burned to the ground, reportedly in less than half an hour.

Medium

Colored lithograph

Dimensions

sheet: 22 3/8 × 28 3/16 in. (56.8 × 71.6 cm)

Credit Line

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection

Accession Number

1946.9.1625

Culture
Period

19th century

Classification
Disclaimer

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Provenance

Provenance

Mabel Brady Garvan Collection, to 1946; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Helen A. Cooper et al., Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: American Art from the Yale University Art Gallery, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2008), 269–70, no. 161, ill.
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Object/Work type

lithographs

Subject

Women artists

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