print
- Museum number
- 1902,1011.9091
- Title
- Object: "The first of May, 1851"
- Description
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Portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Arthur being given a jewelled casket by the Duke of Wellington; half length; the Queen, wearing the dress in which she opened the Great Exhibition on 1 May, 1851 with fringe diadem, and Garter insignia, is holding the baby Prince, who clutches a bunch of lily of the valley; Prince Albert in background looking to left at the Crystal Palace in the background; the Duke of Wellington with back to viewer, in military uniform, holding out box; after F Winterhalter; illustration from unknown newspaper.
Wood engraving
- Production date
- 1851 (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 197 millimetres (image)
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Width: 224 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The casket is a piece of artistic licence, substituted for a cup and model of the royal throne, the presents actually given to Prince Arthur by his godfather, the Duke of Wellington, to mark the Prince's first birthday and also the opening of the Great Exhibition
Original in the Royal Collection: RCIN 406995 (Millar, cat. 827)
Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated events
- Associated Event: The Great Exhibition 1851
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.9091
