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A REVERSE-PAINTED AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL VIEW OF THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE: THE GREAT EXHIBITION O...

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A REVERSE-PAINTED AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL VIEW OF THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE: THE GREAT EXHIBITION O...
A REVERSE-PAINTED AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL VIEW OF THE NEW YORK CRYSTAL PALACE: THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF ART AND INDUSTRY
Ca. 1855
NOTE:
In an effort to equal or excell the success of the London Crystal Palace Exhibition in 1851, a committee of American businessmen organized the design and construction of a glass and steel American Crystal Palace to house an international of Art and Industry. It opened to the public July 14, 1853 with great fanfare in present day Bryant Park, site of the New York Public Library. The New York Crystal Palace was a financial disaster. The organizers persuaded P. T. Barnum to take over management of the building in 1854. He resigned four months later saying "I was an ass for having anything to do with the Crystal Palace." It was then leased out for the use of concerts and conventions by the city of New York and burned in 1857, in less than half an hour after nearly 2,000 people had been safely evacuated.
7 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
$250-350