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Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Queen Victoria|Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington|David Bogue|George Cruikshank|Sir Joseph Paxton

The Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of All Nations, by Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria and His Royal Highness Prince Albert, on the 1st of May, 1851: The View is Taken from the South West Gallery, at the time when the Archbishop is offering up a Prayer for the Divine blessing upon the objects in the Exhibition

1851
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31.8 × 50 cm (12.5 × 19.7 in)

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