Opening of the Great Exhibition of All Nations

Made:: 1856 in London

maker:: Henry Courtney Selous

artist:: Samuel Bellin

publisher:: Thomas Shotter Boys

Print, engraving, stipple and mezzotint: Opening of the Great Exhibition of All Nations by Her Majesty Queen Victoria 1851by Samuel Bellin, after the oil by H.C. Selous, published by Thomas Boys 407 Oxford Street, 1856. Image 74.5x105cm in platemark [sight] 84.5x108.7cm on sheet [sight] 85x112cm in frame 95.5x122.5x3cm. The official painting of the opening ceremony. - Placed against background of North Transept of Crystal Palace. Original by Selous in Victoria and Albert Museum.

Details

Category:: Art

Object Number:: 1988-1468

Materials:: mezzotint engraving

Measurements:: overall: 960 mm x 1230 mm x 40 mm,
frame: 955 x 1225 x 30 mm
image: 745 mm x 1050 mm
platemark [sight]: 845 mm x 1087 mm
sheet [sight]: 850 mm x 1120 mm

type:: print, engraving and mezzotint

credit:: Grosvenor Prints

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