Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London: perspective showing Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attending the opening ceremony of the Great Exhibition of 1851, surrounded by crowds of onlookers
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| RIBApix ref no |
RIBA31438 |
| Architect/Designer | Paxton, Sir Joseph (1803-1865)
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| Country | UK: England |
| City | London |
| Subject Date | 1851 |
| Image Date | 1851 |
| View | Interior |
| Style | Victorian |
| Medium | Print |
| Library Reference | SC180 |
| Orientation | Landscape |
| Colour / B&W |
Colour |
| Credit |
RIBA Collections
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| Notes |
SOURCE:
'The Inauguration', from Dickinson's Comprehensive Pictures of the Great Exhibition of 1851, Dickinson Brothers, (London, 1854).
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Subject tags
Exhibitions, exhibition buildings, fountains, royal ceremonies, visits, Feature: High Tech Precursors of High Tech