Title The opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, May 1st 1851 / Henry C. Selous

Published Marlborough, England : Adam Matthew Digital, [2012] ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Series Empire online. Section III, The visible Empire Empire online. Section 3, Visible Empire Summary Electronic image of the original painting (oil on canvas, 210 x 283 cm.) in the Victoria and Albert Museum. The painting shows the Archbishop of Canterbury blessing the Exhibition at the opening ceremony at Crystal Palace. Commissioners, ministers and dignitaries surround the Royal Family. Sir Henry Cole, later the first director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, is included in the group on the left Subject Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 -- Pictorial works. Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861 -- Pictorial works. Sumner, John Bird, 1780-1862 -- Pictorial works. Crystal Palace (Sydenham, London, England) -- Pictorial works. SUBJECT Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50043081 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 Genre/Form Illustrated works. Form Electronic book Author Victoria and Albert Museum. Adam Matthew Digital (Firm)

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