London, England - Great Exhibition 1851 - Distant View of glass building and crowds. . Part of Box 177 Boswell collection - Round about London. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was organized by Prince Albert, Henry Cole, Francis Henry, George Wallis, Charles Dilke and other members of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce as a celebration of modern industrial technology and design. It was arguably a response to the highly successful French Industrial Exposition of 1844: indeed, its prime motive was for 'Great Britain [to make] clear to the world its role as industrial leaders