A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals

A COLLECTION OF 1851 GREAT EXHIBITION MEDALS, Miscellanea: Statistical Chart of the Great Exhibition, 1851, a colour broadsheet printed by Vizetelly & Co, Fleet Street, London and presented to purchasers of the Weekly Despatch, May 16, 1852, showing the numbers and classes of visitors on each day and the door receipts, 78.6cm x 53cm. A fascinating document in excellent condition, ideal for framing (£20-30)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 1851 Great Exhibition Medals.

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A statistical document which, among other facts, reveals that £90 of counterfeit silver was taken on the admission gates “and a bad half-sovereign”; the receipts of the eight London railway companies went up by over 27% while the exhibition was on; and that the total number of visitors was 6,063,986, representing a daily average of 43,007, a figure that doubtless those behind the Millennium Dome would like to emulate