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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
appropriate and eligible spot for the exposition I had pro-
jected, and likely to invest it with the magnificence and
eclat so necessary to attract strangers and to further the sale
of the objects exhibited, the produce of which might miti-
gate the sufferings of our unhappy workmen. The chateau
was obtained without difficulty. I established myself
there, and requested the attendance of MM. Guillomont,
Duvivier, and Salmon, directors of manufactures. I ex-
plained to them the intention of the Government; and in a
surrounded by all these beauties, was a wheel of fortune
containing lottery tickets eventually to be drawn: everv
ticket was to obtain a prize of greater or less value; tho
price of each ticket was twelve francs. It was decided that
the opening should take place in the month of July; Dut
previous to that time a number of distinguished persons p
Paris, and many foreigners, visited the Exposition, ana
made purchases sufficient to afford a distribution to the
workmen of tho different manufactories, thus vielding a
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE EXPOSITION PALACE.
few days, by their exertions, the walls of every apartment
in the chateau were hung with the finest Gobelin tapestry ;
the floors covered with the superb carpets of the Savonnerie;
and the saloons soon glittered with the large and beautiful
vases, the magnificent groups, and the exquisite pictures of
£ e 'res china. The Chamber of Mars was converted into a
receptacle for porcelain, where might be seen the most
beautiful services of every kind, vases for flowers—in short,
all the tasteful varieties which are originated by this in-
comparable manufacture. In the centre of the saloon,
little temporary relief to their necessities. The fame oi
the forthcoming Exposition inspired the citizens of Paris
with eager desire, and they anticipated with impatience the
day fixed for public admission to St. Cloud. The court-
yard was filled with elegant equipages, whose owners
graced the saloons of the Exposition, when, in the midst of
this good company, I received an official "■notice from the
Minister to attend him immediately, and to defer the
opening of the Exposition. I obeyed the mandate on the
morning of the 18th. I waited on the Minister, from
Z.MMEI7JE3
=4
1. Cattle-shed. 2. Machinery. 3. Chemical Products. 4. Metal Works. 5. Productions of Parisian Industry. 6 Horticulture.
7. Woven Goods. 8. Principal Entrance. 9. Guard-house. 10. Fountain. 11. Peservoir of Rain Water.
GROUND PLAN OF THE FRENCH EXPOSITION OF 1819.
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
appropriate and eligible spot for the exposition I had pro-
jected, and likely to invest it with the magnificence and
eclat so necessary to attract strangers and to further the sale
of the objects exhibited, the produce of which might miti-
gate the sufferings of our unhappy workmen. The chateau
was obtained without difficulty. I established myself
there, and requested the attendance of MM. Guillomont,
Duvivier, and Salmon, directors of manufactures. I ex-
plained to them the intention of the Government; and in a
surrounded by all these beauties, was a wheel of fortune
containing lottery tickets eventually to be drawn: everv
ticket was to obtain a prize of greater or less value; tho
price of each ticket was twelve francs. It was decided that
the opening should take place in the month of July; Dut
previous to that time a number of distinguished persons p
Paris, and many foreigners, visited the Exposition, ana
made purchases sufficient to afford a distribution to the
workmen of tho different manufactories, thus vielding a
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE EXPOSITION PALACE.
few days, by their exertions, the walls of every apartment
in the chateau were hung with the finest Gobelin tapestry ;
the floors covered with the superb carpets of the Savonnerie;
and the saloons soon glittered with the large and beautiful
vases, the magnificent groups, and the exquisite pictures of
£ e 'res china. The Chamber of Mars was converted into a
receptacle for porcelain, where might be seen the most
beautiful services of every kind, vases for flowers—in short,
all the tasteful varieties which are originated by this in-
comparable manufacture. In the centre of the saloon,
little temporary relief to their necessities. The fame oi
the forthcoming Exposition inspired the citizens of Paris
with eager desire, and they anticipated with impatience the
day fixed for public admission to St. Cloud. The court-
yard was filled with elegant equipages, whose owners
graced the saloons of the Exposition, when, in the midst of
this good company, I received an official "■notice from the
Minister to attend him immediately, and to defer the
opening of the Exposition. I obeyed the mandate on the
morning of the 18th. I waited on the Minister, from
Z.MMEI7JE3
=4
1. Cattle-shed. 2. Machinery. 3. Chemical Products. 4. Metal Works. 5. Productions of Parisian Industry. 6 Horticulture.
7. Woven Goods. 8. Principal Entrance. 9. Guard-house. 10. Fountain. 11. Peservoir of Rain Water.
GROUND PLAN OF THE FRENCH EXPOSITION OF 1819.