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EXHIBITION, BRITISH INDUSTRIAL. 



feeding pistols and a variety of firearms and 

 weapons were also exhibited. 



Photographs were exhibited of the Emperor 

 and Empress of Brazil and the imperial family ; 

 also of Brazilian scenery. 



JAPAN. Among the works was a collection 

 of little metal buckles for fastening the dress ; 

 the designs of these buckles were irresistibly 

 grotesque not mere sketches, but solid little 

 pieces of metal work, the background being of 

 bronze and the raised figures in relief being 

 either gold, silver, steel, or platinum, or of all 

 four metals intermixed. It is evident from the 

 platinum being so freely used that the secret of 

 melting it, to which our chemical knowledge 

 has only of late attained, has long been known 

 to them. A small window-blind was shown, 

 made apparently of rods of twisted glass strung 

 together ; the rods were as hard, as clear, and 

 as sharp as glass ; yet it was made from a gela- 

 tine of rice. In a collection of Ivory Carvings, 

 a comic scene was distinctly represented 

 yet they were so small that they might be worn 

 as brooches. In a collection of Porcelain, a 

 large plate represented two Japanese ladies 

 wearing French bonnets and shawls, with 

 deeply flounced silk dresses spread out by an 

 amplitude of crinoline. One had a telescope 

 with which she was pointing to the sea with 

 an air of fashionable nonchalance, while the 

 other figure had her gloved hand filled with 

 green apples. In the background were two 

 other Japanese ladies dressed in the costume of 

 the country, and who were shrinking with hor- 

 ror and astonishment from their strangely at- 

 tired sisters. It is a curious illustration of 

 manufacturing skill that a passing joke like this 

 should be represented in such a costly medium 

 as this beautifully finished porcelain. 



There was a large collection of the different 

 kinds of paper used for paper hangings, for 

 writing, printing, and for wrapping up parcels ; 

 paper waterproof coats, paper leathers, paper 

 parasols, and paper pocket handkerchiefs. 

 Some of the paper leathers were as strong ap- 

 parently as any hides that ever left a tanyard. 



CHINA. The Chinese exhibition, from the 

 similarity of the peoples, much resembled that 

 of the Japanese in its lacquered ware, its porce- 

 lain, its carvings, and its metal work in bronze. 

 There was also a fine collection of medical 

 drugs; with complete sets of Chinese types, 

 rare ornaments in jade, and an exquisite wood 

 carving, which formed the back of the Emper- 

 or's throne in his Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen. 

 Another of the spoils exhibited was a skull set 

 in gold in the form of a drinking cup, loot- 

 ed from the Summer Palace by one of our pri- 

 vate soldiers, and sold for a very small price, 

 though the value of the setting is over 1000. 



AFRICA, CENTEAL AND WESTERN. The arti- 

 cles consisted mostly of tobes and native wrap- 

 pers ; grass cloths and mats ; cotton clothes 

 and sundry native manufactures, and specimens 

 of cotton, in various states. 



MADAGASCAR sent ores, clothes, and other 



native manufactures: the scarfs in silk were 

 very showy. 



HAYTI, was represented by some Iron ores, 

 Saddlery and Harness, and a few rude speci- 

 mens of Pottery. 



TnE EGYPTIAN COLLECTION, consisted of the 

 products of modern Egypt, of the Soudan, and 

 the relics of ancient Egypt. The looms of Cairo 

 contributed the largest proportion of the first 

 division and the silks were remarkable for the 

 strength of their texture. In the patterns there 

 was hardly any departure from the traditional 

 stripes, but the lustre of the colors, even in the 

 ordinary fabrics used by the fellahs for their fete 

 dresses, was unusually splendid. The woollen 

 and the cotton goods, too, were well represented. 



From the arsenals of Cairo there was exhi- 

 bited a stand of admirably finished Rifles, 

 Bayonets, and other arms, used by the Egyptian 

 army, and produced by Arab workmen, under 

 the direction of M. Minie. 



FINE ARTS. " The English Gallefy," says an 

 able critic, " affords an admirable opportunity of 

 gaining an acquaintance with the most of what 

 is worth knowing and studying in the history 

 of Painting in England. The limits of time 

 assigned to the exhibition of English pictures 

 include all that there has been of painting in 

 the country, while almost all, if not quite all, 

 of those painters who ought to have a place in 

 such a gallery are represented here. It is a 

 collection as instructive as it is interesting. It 

 is a condensation of all that we most wish to 

 know, and most love to see in English art." 



Architecture. Designs and Models, included 

 drawings and edifices already built, and of 

 many, in all probability, never to be built, but 

 still useful as architectural examples and studies. 



Art Designs for Manufactures. The whole 

 number did not much exceed three hundred, 

 scarcely one third of them being the productions 

 of the deceased artists about twenty names in 

 all of the latter. Each section contained some 

 designs which either were of great merit, or 

 had a certain interest historically. 



Sculpture held a prominent and recognized 

 position side by side with painting. 



The majority of our modern sculptors exhib- 

 ited, and the result was, a fine collection of 

 about 120 statues, 40 or 50 busts, and 20 or 30 

 bas-reliefs. 



A small collection of Intaglios, Cameos, and 

 Medals the latter containing many fine works 

 of the Wyons, father and son completed the 

 general feature of this important Department. 



Etchings and Engravings. The Committee 

 divided the specimens which the liberality of 

 collectors had principally enabled them to ex- 

 hibit, into five principal classes etching, line- 

 engraving, mezzotint, stipple, and wood engrav- 

 ing ; and these were subdived into works of 

 deceased and into works of living engravers. 



FOREIGN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE. The 

 Foreign display of Paintings, Drawings, En- 

 gravings, Sculpture, and Intaglios, was numeri- 

 cally as strong as the British exhibition. 





