Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and his royal highness Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851 / taken on the spot by George Cruikshank. – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare antique engraving captures Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and his royal highness Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851 / taken on the spot by George Cruikshank. in remarkable detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and his royal highness Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851 / taken on the spot by George Cruikshank.
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The Queen and Prince Albert are the figures at the center of this engraving, which shows their formal opening of the Great Exhibition in London on May 1, 1851. The event was held in the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, a vast iron-and-glass hall built to display manufactured goods and works of art from around the world. George Cruikshank, best known for his satirical and book illustrations, drew the scene on the spot, which gives the print a sense of immediacy. Prints like this one spread the image of the exhibition well beyond London and helped define the Victorian celebration of industry and empire.
| Created / published | 1851 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : engraving. |
| Genre | Engravings 1850-1860. |
| Subjects | Great Exhibition--(1851 :--London, England) Victoria,--Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1901--Public appearances--England--London. Albert,--Prince Consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain,--1819-1861--Public appearances--England--London. Crystal Palace (London, England)--1850-1860. Exhibitions--England--London--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,049 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164969 |
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