The 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: The View is Taken from the South West Gallery, at the time when the Archbishop is offering up a Prayer for the Divine blessing upon the objects in the Exhibition

The 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: The View is Taken from the South West Gallery, at the time when the Archbishop is offering up a Prayer for the Divine blessing upon the objects in the Exhibition by Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Queen Victoria|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|David Bogue|George Cruikshank|Sir Joseph Paxton

Medium

Etching

Dimensions

Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 11/16 in. (31.8 × 50 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966

Accession Number

66.541.55(1)

Tags

CrowdQueen Victoria

About the Artist

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Queen Victoria|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|David Bogue|George Cruikshank|Sir Joseph Paxton (British|British|British) · 1819 |1800 |1819 1861 |1900 |1901

German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor| |British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight

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