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Sealous exhibited the painting in a building off Trafalgar Square in May 1852 and it became one of the best-known images of the Great Exhibition due to the prints made from it. Today it is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, which was built from the proceeds of the Great Exhibition, and was acquired in 1889. [4]
Portobello Pier was a pleasure pier opened in Portobello, Edinburgh, Scotland. Designed by Thomas Bouch , it was 1,250 feet (380 m) long [ 1 ] and 22 feet (6.70 m) wide, and included a tea room , camera obscura , and a concert hall .
Portobello Police Station, by Robert Paterson built as Portobello Town Hall in 1878 and later used as the Police Station Butcher's shop in the High Street. Portobello is a coastal suburb of Edinburgh in eastern central Scotland. It lies 3 miles (5 km) east of the city centre, facing the Firth of Forth, between the suburbs of Joppa and Craigentinny.
The event made a surplus of £186,000 (£33,221,701.65 in 2023), which was used to found the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. They were all built in the area to the south of the exhibition, nicknamed Albertopolis, alongside the Imperial Institute.
The Museum of Edinburgh, formerly known as Huntly House and the historic Bank of Scotland Head Office, located at 142-146 Canongate, is a museum in Edinburgh, Scotland, housing a collection relating to the town's origins, history and legends. Exhibits are described as a maze of history with more rooms than one can imagine.
The National (formerly the Scottish National Gallery) is the national art gallery of Scotland.It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, close to Princes Street.The building was designed in a neoclassical style by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859.
The Marine Gardens was an entertainment complex located in the Portobello area of Edinburgh, Scotland.Opened in 1909 as a pleasure garden and amusement park on the shores of the Firth of Forth, most of its original attractions apart from the ballroom were removed following military use of the site during the First World War.
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