The Opening of the Great Exhibition, 1 May 1851

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Artist/Maker	Unknown (engraver) Selous, Henry Courtney (artist)
Place of origin	Britain (printed)

Colour print showing the opening of the Great Exhibition. The scene is set inside the Crystal Palace with Queen Victoria and the Royal family standing on a platform at the centre of the picture. Prince Albert is standing on the right of the family group. Behind them is a tree. On either side, the scene is lined with dignitaries.

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Categories	Royalty Great Exhibition Prints
Object type	Print
Title	The Opening of the Great Exhibition, 1 May 1851 (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Stipple engraving, coloured by hand and varnished Varnish Stipple Engraving Hand-Colouring
Brief description	The Opening of the Great Exhibition, 1 May 1851. Stipple engraving by an unknown engraver, after the oil painting by H.C. Selous.
Physical description	Colour print showing the opening of the Great Exhibition. The scene is set inside the Crystal Palace with Queen Victoria and the Royal family standing on a platform at the centre of the picture. Prince Albert is standing on the right of the family group. Behind them is a tree. On either side, the scene is lined with dignitaries.
Dimensions	Cut to height: 63.5cm Cut to width: 91.4cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964. Measured 2014: Object: 665 x 942 mm Image: 633 x 910 mm
Styles	Victorian British School
Credit line	Given by an Anonymous Donor
Subjects depicted	Queen Victoria (Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India) Albert (Prince Consort, Consort of Queen Victoria) Great Exhibition
Place depicted	Crystal Palace
Associated object	329-1889 (Original)
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1962. London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.42-1962

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O701922/the-opening-of-the-great-print-unknown/

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