Great Industrial Exhibition Opening

Entitled Opening of the Great Industrial Exhibition of all nations, by her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria and his royal highness Prince Albert,... more

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Great Industrial Exhibition Opening

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Science Source

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Entitled "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" shows an interior view of the Crystal Palace during the Great Industrial Exhibition, with Queen Victoria and the royal family at center, the Archbishop to the left, and many spectators gathered in the wings of the gallery. The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations was an international exhibition that took place in Hyde Park, London, from May 1st to October 11th, 1851. It was the first in a series of World's Fair exhibitions of culture and industry that became popular in the 19th century and was a much anticipated event. The Great Exhibition was organized by Henry Cole and Prince Albert, husband of the reigning monarch, Queen Victoria. Six million people - equivalent to a third of the entire population of Britain at the time - visited the Great Exhibition. The event made a surplus of £186,000 (£18,190,000 in 2015), which was used to found the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum and the Natural History Museum. Victoria (May 24, 1819 - January 22, 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her reign is known as the Victorian era. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 26, 1819 - December 14, 1861) was the husband of Queen Victoria. He died at the relatively young age of 42, plunging the Queen into a deep mourning that lasted for the rest of her life. Engraving by George Cruikshank.

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December 14th, 2015