in the 'Art Gallery' thread, I posted this,
a slightly wacky take on this theme -
the USA pavilion at the Great Exhibition in London, 1851,
featured Hiram Powers' 'Greek Slave' -
she was evidently a crowd-puller!
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I can see why....wasn't most of that exhibition about technology and progress? Now here was something to feast their eyes on and imagine the story behind it