The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) Full length portrait of Baron

Full length portrait of Baron Frederick Leighton

the ringing of bells and roar of voices

Suffragette stand at The Women's Exhibition of 1909

as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female

This Bankside wharf was the site of Southwark Corporation's rubbish depot when George Davison Reid took this photo

The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) Full length portrait of BaronThe Great Exhibition: India No. 7, 1852. Chromolithograph. John Tallis' widely read History and Description of the Crystal Palace described India as Britain's pre eminent colonial possession and the source of 'priceless treasures'. However, while acknowledging the value of India to Britain, the author denigrates the 'tributes' sent to the exhibition as 'glittering toys' and examples of 'wasteful and ridiculous excess'. The prejudices expressed in the