Queen Victoria Among Her Subjects at the Great Exhibition
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert here greet visitors to the Great Exhibition near displays devoted to India, Persia and Greece. The Prince had worked with Henry Cole for years to organize this first international fair of manufactured goods housed in a huge, specially constructed, glass building in Hyde Park. The Queen opened the exhibition on May 1, 1851, and returned many times to tour the galleries.
Artwork Details
- Title: Queen Victoria Among Her Subjects at the Great Exhibition
- Engraver: Samuel William Reynolds, the younger (British, London 1794–1872 Feltham Hill, Middlesex)
- Sitter: Queen Victoria (British, London 1819–1901 East Cowes, Isle of Wight)
- Sitter: Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (German, Coburg 1819–1861 Windsor)
- Publisher: A. J. Isaacs (British, active 1840–66)
- Date: 1866
- Medium: Etching and engraving; proof before letters
- Dimensions: Plate: 27 1/2 × 30 7/8 in. (69.9 × 78.4 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
- Object Number: 49.40.214
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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