Victorian London

This map helps us to return to Victorian England and to begin to think like a Victorian.  The map features Hyde Park, which housed the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first ever world's fair.  There wasa large glass structure, dubbed The Crystal Palace by Punch, and it held wonders from all around the world. This account of a visit to the Great Exhibition comes from Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), beloved author of Jane Eyre, who is pictured here in a painting by George Richmond dating to 1850.

Fraser Town (Pulakeshinagar), Karnataka, India

Jane Williams spent part of her childhood in India. Her father and brother both worked for the British East India Company, which effectively colonized much of the subcontinent during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Her father died when she was very young, leaving her brother,  John Wheeler Cleveland, as her guardian. He remained in colonial military service his entire life, dying as General Cleveland, in his nineties in what is now called "Fraser Town" (Pulakeshinagar), near "Bangalore" (Bangaluru) in "the Carnatic" (Karnataka) in southern India.

Victorian England

The exhibition will be based on Victorian England.  To get us thinking like a Victorian, here is a map of Hyde Park, which housed the Great Exhibition of 1851, the first ever world's fair.  There was a large building called The Crystal Palace made of glass, and it housed amazing exhibitions from around the world! 

Here is a first person account of The Crystal Palace from Charlotte Bronte, beloved author of Jane Eyre:  

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