Eröffnung der Großen Industrieausstellung aller Nationen durch ihre liebenswürdigste Majestät Königin Victoria und seine königliche Hoheit Prinz Albert am 1. Mai 1851 / an Ort und Stelle von George Cruikshank.

Print 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.

Caption continues: 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 of this great exhibition.
Gift; Joseph Verner Reed; 1949.