Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition 1857

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The Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition of 1857 was a landmark Victorian exhibition in Manchester, England, that assembled one of the largest and most comprehensive displays of artworks ever seen in Britain, significantly shaping public taste and the reception of movements such as the Pre-Raphaelites.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Victorian cultural event
art exhibition
temporary exhibition
architect Francis Fowke
chairperson Thomas Fairbairn
country United Kingdom
describedBySource contemporary Victorian press
later art-historical scholarship
endTime 1857
exhibitedWork Baroque art
British school paintings
Old Master paintings
Pre-Raphaelite paintings
Renaissance art
exhibitionVenueType temporary iron-and-glass structure
genre art exhibition
hasCause Victorian interest in art and culture
hasPart section of ancient masters
section of modern paintings
section of ornamental art
section of photographs
section of sculpture
impact contributed to wider acceptance of the Pre-Raphaelites
demonstrated the cultural ambitions of industrial Manchester
helped shape Victorian public taste in art
inception 1857
inspiredBy The Great Exhibition of 1851
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity England
location Manchester
Trafford Park area of Manchester
mainSubject European painting
decorative arts
photography
prints and drawings
sculpture
notableWorkExhibited works by J. M. W. Turner
works by Joshua Reynolds
works by Raphael
works by Rubens
works by Thomas Gainsborough
works by Titian
works by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
numberOfWorks over 16,000
organizer Manchester Art Treasures Committee
patron Prince Albert
scale one of the largest art exhibitions ever held in Britain
significantEvent major display of Pre-Raphaelite art to a broad public
startTime 1857
visitorCount more than 1,000,000

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Pre-Raphaelite art
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