The Exposition Universelle, an International Exhibition held…
1855 CE
It follows London's Great Exhibition of 1851 and attempts to surpass that fair's Crystal Palace with its own Palais de l'Industrie.
The arts displayed are shown in a separate pavilion on Avenue Montaigne.
There are works from artists from twenty-nine countries, including French artists François Rude, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Eugène Delacroix and Henri Lehmann, and British artists William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais.
According to its official report, 5,162,330 visitors attend the exposition, of which about 4.2 million enter the industrial exposition and 0.9 million enter the Beaux Arts exposition.
Expenses amounted to upward of five million dollars while receipts are scarcely one-tenth of that amount.
The exposition covers sixteen hectares (forty acres) with thirty-four countries participating.
For the exposition, Napoleon III requested a classification system for France's best Bordeaux wines which were to be on display for visitors from around the world.
Brokers from the wine industry rank the wines according to a château's reputation and trading price, which at this time is directly related to quality.
The result is the important Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855.
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