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Poster advertising a trip to the Great Exhibition from Abergavenny, 1851
  • Humphrey Jones writes to his parents on 20 July 1854 from London where he has gone to find work as a chemist and druggist. He informs his parents of his outing to the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace the previous Monday.
Letter from Humphrey Jones, apprentice chemist in London, to his parents in Llangollen, 20 July 1854 [image 1 of 6]
  • Translation: .... I can see that I will have to make my writing smaller, so that I do not take up too much paper. We heard that we would not be leaving until Saturday, and I was very sad to hear this. I had said before starting out that I would not mind if we stayed around for a fortnight, but by now I have changed my mind completely, and I would like to leave on Monday, even though I am not paying anything for my accommodation, all I can think about now is arriving at Queensland. We got to know three South Walians, who came to the House last night, and we spent the afternoon with them. We spent a far more comfortable night than the previous night, and I came down at half past seven. After breakfast, all five of us went to the Exhibition and there I saw some of the most wondrous things ...
Journal of Edward Roberts, Pant Hafodlas, Llanrug, charting his voyage to Australia 1886 [image 9 of 89]
  • Humphrey describes his visit to the Crystal Palace exhibition. He says that he 'never saw anything so grand' in his life, even though it is far from being completed. A railway takes the visitor to an extended wing of the building. He describes the scene as bewildering and goes on to list the various exhibits which are to be seen.
Letter from Humphrey Jones, apprentice chemist in London, to his parents in Llangollen, 20 July 1854 [image 2 of 6]
  • Humphrey continues with his description of the exhibits at the Crystal Palace exhibition. The people and animals of the world are all to be seen, including the North American Indians, 'bears and dogs and animals that inhabit the Artic regions'. There are numerous statutes, busts and models to be seen.
Letter from Humphrey Jones, apprentice chemist in London, to his parents in Llangollen, 20 July 1854 [image 3 of 6]
  • Humphrey continues with his description of the exhibits at the Crystal Palace exhibition. He describes the representations of Egyptian, Grecian and Roman courts. In his opinion, the climax of the exhibition is the 'Alahambra' - 'I was perfectly thunderstruck with the beauty of the place'.
Letter from Humphrey Jones, apprentice chemist in London, to his parents in Llangollen, 20 July 1854 [image 4 of 6]