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The Great Exhibition of 1851: India No. 1, from "Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851..."

Publisher Dickinson Brothers British
1854
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Object Information
  • Title: The Great Exhibition of 1851: India No. 1, from "Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851..."
  • Series/Portfolio: Dickinsons' comprehensive pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, from the Originals Painted for H.R.H. Prince Albert by Messrs. Nash, Haghe, and Roberts, R.A
  • Artist: Henry Richard Vizetelly (British, 1820–1894 Farnham)
  • Publisher: Dickinson Brothers (London)
  • Date: 1854
  • Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
  • Dimensions: Image: 13 9/16 × 19 1/2 in. (34.5 × 49.5 cm)
    Sheet: 15 13/16 × 20 11/16 in. (40.2 × 52.6 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Albert Ten Eyck Gardner Collection, Gift of the Centennial Committee, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.703.52
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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