Greater Britain Exhibition Explained

Category:10
Year:1899
Greater Britain Exhibition
Organized:Imre Kiralfy Director General
Country:United Kingdom
City:London
Venue:Earls Court Exhibition Centre
Open:8 May 1899

The Greater Britain Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at Earls Court in 1899[1] and opened by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge.[2] on 8 May 1899.[3]

Exhibits

Exhibits included a mineral exhibition from Victoria colony, a 120m cyclorama of the Arrival of the Hungarians known as the Feszty Panorama,[4] [5] a model gold mine,[6] and a twice-daily equestrian show called Savage South Africa directed by Frank E. Fillis which inspired the 1899 silent film Major Wilson's Last Stand.

One of the gold medals awarded by the exhibition was won by Hans Irvine.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Earls Court. 5 February 2019. 11 July 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150711042530/http://www.studygroup.org.uk/Exhibitions/Pages/Earls%20Court.htm. dead.
  2. News: GREATER BRITAIN EXHIBITION.; The Duke of Cambridge Opens It with a Speech . The New York Times . May 9, 1899 . subscription . 7 February 2019.
  3. News: Greater Britain Exhibition . Papers Past . Colonist . 10 May 1899 . 7 February 2019.
  4. Web site: Feszty Panorama – American Hungarian Museum – Amerikai Magyar Múzeum. 7 February 2019.
  5. Web site: Recovery of a Monumental Feszty Painting on Magyar News Online. Eva. Wajda. 7 February 2019.
  6. Web site: Digging for redemption. Nadia. Kaabe-Linke. Timo. Kaabe-Linke. 7 February 2019.
  7. Web site: Medal - Greater Britain Exhibition, First Prize, Great Britain, 1899. 5 February 2019.