The 1887 Exhibition
At the Newcastle upon Tyne Royal Mining, Engineering and Industrial Exhibition, which was held in 1887 to celebrate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee and to showcase Newcastle as "the Metropolis of the North of England", one of the principal exhibits was a full-size model of a 110-ton Elswick gun, described in the exhibition guide as being "the largest gun ever made in this country and... the most powerful piece of ordnance in the world".
The model was positioned so as immediately to face the visitor upon entering the exhibition hall and was considered the crowning glory of the exhibition.
