The Queen of the May in 1851
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Print, The Queen of the May in 1851, published by T McLean
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Print, The Queen of the May in 1851, published by T McLean, 26 Haymarket [London], May 3 1851. Printed at 70 St Martin's Lane. Lithograph, col.; image 26.5x38cm on card, 30x44cm. Signed br. in plate, Touchstone [figure of Punch style]. Caricature of the opening of the Great Exhibition, with Queen Victoria seated enthroned in garland outside the Crystal Palace, beefeater and others in attendance. Dancers around garlanded maypole include Prince Albert in Prussian style helmet; a Joker on a locomotive engine runs over a figure of war.
