Manchester in 1851, Showing Corner of Market Street and Mosley Street
Summary
Scene of an empty Manchester street. All shops have signs up saying they've gone to the Great Exhibition.
Display Label
Manchester in 1851, London in 1851 It’s the occasion of the Great Exhibition, the largest celebration of manufacture the world had ever known. Manchester’s deserted. Everyone’s gone to London in a frenzy of patriotic fantasy consumerism.
Object Name
Manchester in 1851, Showing Corner of Market Street and Mosley Street
Creators Name
Date Created
1851
Dimensions
support: 32.3cm x 49.8cm
accession number
1929.37
Collection Group
Place of creation
Manchester
Support
paper
Medium
ink
