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
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Artist: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Queen Victoria|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|David Bogue|George Cruikshank|Sir Joseph Paxton
Artist bio: German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor|British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight|British, 1769–1852|British, active London, 1807/8–56|British, London 1792–1878 London|British, Bedfordshire 1803–1865 Sydenham
Artist role: Sitter|Sitter|Sitter|Publisher|Artist|Architect
Artist nationality: British|British|British|British|British|British
Date: 1851
Medium: Etching
Dimensions: Sheet: 12 1/2 × 19 11/16 in. (31.8 × 50 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession year: 1966
Tags: Queen Victoria|Crowd