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Ildikó PANDÚR: The Role of Gyula Jungfer in Hungary's National Exhibition of 1885

had learned a lot from Jungfer.’63 As well as recognition from colleagues in the field, he was able to achieve significant public successes and a great number of orders. It was not only the ‘aristocracies of birth and money’ (represented by Baron Béla Lipthay and György Ráth) that spent money in Jungfer’s pavilion, but also the ‘artist world’ (as represented by György Vastagh).64 Among his customers were the Prince of Wales and Queen Elizabeth, both of whom visited the pavilion.65

Participation in the exhibition, then, represented a fine professional achievement for Gyula Jungfer, and also served to increase his standing.66 Following the closure of the exhibition (on Thursday, 13 November 1885), he was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Francis Joseph for the merit he had won there.67 The next year the monarch bestowed on him the title ‘Artist-smith to the Imperial and Royal Court’.68

Fig. 14 Honorary diploma

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