This souvenir edition was produced for the British Empire Exhibition held at Wembley Park. The volume has colour lithographic illustrations throughout by Spencer Pryse, including a four panel foldout plate to the rear by Frank Brangwyn. The exhibition was conceived by the British Empire League and ultimately acted as a form of propaganda to promote a white supremacist racial hierarchy. The exhibition featured ‘Human zoos’, with mocked up villages populated by 273 people on display from Africa, Asia and the Middle East, kept in compounds on the Wembley site for several months of the exhibition.
