Greater Britain Exhibition
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The Greater Britain Exhibition was a colonial exhibition held at
Earls Court Earl's Court is a district of Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in West London, bordering the rail tracks of the West London line and District line that separate it from the ancient borough of Fulham to the west, the ...
in 1899 and opened by Prince George, Duke of Cambridge. on 8 May 1899.


Exhibits

Exhibits included a mineral exhibition from Victoria colony, a 120m
cyclorama A cyclorama is a panoramic image on the inside of a cylindrical platform, designed to give viewers standing in the middle of the cylinder a 360° view, and also a building designed to show a panoramic image. The intended effect is to make view ...
of the '' Arrival of the Hungarians'' known as the '' Feszty Panorama'', a model gold mine, and a twice-daily equestrian show called ''Savage South Africa'' directed by Frank E. Fillis which inspired the 1899 silent film '' Major Wilson's Last Stand''. One of the gold medals awarded by the exhibition was won by Hans Irvine.


References

{{List of world's fairs in Ireland and Great Britain 1899 in London World's fairs in London