The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) Moonlight view of Trafalgar Square

Moonlight view of Trafalgar Square from the balustrade on north side and looking south-east down Whitehall

Situated by the Camberwell branch of the Surrey Canal in South London

as well as a timeless testament to the experience of being young and female

Full length portrait of Baron Frederick Leighton

View of the bridge from a high viewpoint on the upstream north bank opposite Southwark Cathedral

The Great Exhibition India No. 7 1852 Z1014/1(6) Moonlight view of Trafalgar SquareThe Great Exhibition: India No. 7, 1852. Chromolithograph. John Tallis' widely read History and Description of the Crystal Palace described India as Britain's pre eminent colonial possession and the source of 'priceless treasures'. However, while acknowledging the value of India to Britain, the author denigrates the 'tributes' sent to the exhibition as 'glittering toys' and examples of 'wasteful and ridiculous excess'. The prejudices expressed in the