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Print - Her Majesty and the Princes passing through the Crystal Palace
  • Her Majesty and the Princes passing through the Crystal Palace
    Sharles, H.
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Her Majesty and the Princes passing through the Crystal Palace

  • Object:

    Print

  • Place of origin:

    Great Britain, UK (printed and published)

  • Date:

    1851 (printed and published)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Sharles, H. (artist)
    Ackermann & Co. (printer and publisher)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Lithograph

  • Museum number:

    19656

  • Gallery location:

    Prints & Drawings Study Room, level F, case EDUC, shelf 4

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This lithograph shows Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children at the Great Exhibition of 1851. The venue was the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. Prince Albert had helped to set up the Great Exhibition. He appointed the Royal Commission to decide on the content, the building and its site. Queen Victoria opened the exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace on 1 May 1851.

Physical description

print, showing the Royal Procession through the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace

Place of Origin

Great Britain, UK (printed and published)

Date

1851 (printed and published)

Artist/maker

Sharles, H. (artist)
Ackermann & Co. (printer and publisher)

Materials and Techniques

Lithograph

Dimensions

Height: 258 mm image, Width: 356 mm image, Height: 316 mm plate, Width: 441 mm plate, Height: 376 mm sheet, Width: 540 mm sheet

Descriptive line

Print, showing Queen Victoria passing through the Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace, 1851

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Julius Bryant, ed. Art and Design for All. The Victoria and Albert Museum London: V&A Publishing, 2011. ISBN: 9781851776665.

Exhibition History

The Victoria and Albert Museum: Art and Design For All (Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest 14/06/2012-16/09/2012)
The Victoria and Albert Museum: Art and Design For All (Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn 18/11/2011-15/04/2012)

Subjects depicted

London; Victoria, Queen; Crystal Palace; Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emmanuel (Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Prince Consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain,); Hyde Park

Categories

Prints; Great Exhibition; The Great Exhibition

Collection code

PDP

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