1592997369000 1566213941000 Standard Record object-229316 1747246687311 1711458187000 1747245850460 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-229316 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229316 af7c3196-16f5-3d2d-bda7-a28948f4a280 5 reference term-42993 adlib-term-42993 93884c6f-c60c-39f7-a75d-f84d65288fe0 medal reference term-39763 adlib-term-39763 02b0af8f-facb-31f1-9d3f-54fe623261ee white metal Diameter (min) mm 44.7 Diameter mm 44.7 Weight g 27.65 Object Coins and Medals CM.431-1993 1 accession number CM.431-1993 229316 priref 229316 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229316 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/229316 Distant view of the exhibition buildings In exergue: Conjoined heads of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in medallion supported by two cherubs. obverse THE BUILDING AT LONDON, FOR THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION1851 design Inscription reverse THE MATERIALS ARE IRON AND GLASS; IT IS IN SHAPE A PARALLELOGRAM, 1848 FT. LONG BY 408 FT. BROAD, AND 66FT. HIGH; IT IS CROSSED MIDWAY BY A TRANSEPT, 108 FT. HIGH; ON THE NORTH SIDE IS AN ADDITION, OF 936 FT. IN LENGTH BY 49 FT. IN BREADTH, TOTAL AREA OF SPACE, 855,360 CUBIC FT., OR NEARLY 21 ACRES, ESTIMATED VALUE, £150,000. On a wide border around: THERE ARE 2,244 IRON GIRDERS, 3,300 COLUMNS, 202 MILES OF SASH BARS, AND 900,000 SUP: FT. OF GLASS. design reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-190725 adlib-agent-190725 e1f409de-80af-32c2-892c-5c6de5f612ab Simon, Jacob M. H. Esq. 1993 1993 1993 given 1851 1851 1851 engraver reference agent-1750 adlib-agent-1750 9049730b-f2f6-36cd-a7ca-0566dbe343f2 Allan, David engraver reference agent-95178 adlib-agent-95178 39c771f6-8204-3fc7-90fe-dfb7ac73d083 More, Jacob reference term-116687 adlib-term-116687 6046c6a8-1b5f-3763-86f0-6350318ef2fb British Isles series reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 2423 162-163 reference publication-8643 adlib-publication-8643 7e236c26-b585-30bd-a179-72209fee94f4 A Catalogue of British Historical Medals, 1837-1901: The Reign of Queen Victoria reference term-116687 adlib-term-116687 6046c6a8-1b5f-3763-86f0-6350318ef2fb British Isles British Isles <value>The Great Exhibition</value> object OBJECT