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Print made by: G E Madeley

Published by: Louis Kersten
Title
The Prince's Vision
Description
English: Images surrounding portrait of a sleeping Prince Albert, reclining to the right, full length, with eyes closed; directly above him an angel, and to the left Queen Victoria with three children; among plumes of clouds various ornately decorated cartouches with scenes representing Albert's vision and achievements around the Great Exhibition, including: military officers in conversation with other nations; huskies pulling a sled, possibly representing Russia; elephants carrying a man, possibly representing India; camels led in front of the pyramids, a naval fleet; and in the centre the crystal palace which housed the Great Exhibition. Above is Britannia in front of four other personifications of different countries.
Tinted Lithograph
Depicted people Portrait of: Albert, Prince Consort
Date circa 1851
date QS:P571,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 395 millimetres (border)
Width: 286 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1851,0208.12
Notes

The phrase ‘Prince Albert’s vision’ soon came to refer to his ambition for an ‘culture’ centre of learning at South Kensington, encompassing a concentration of London’s learned and professional societies, in the area known as ‘Albertopolis’, a reflection of the Prince’s key role. Here it refers specifically to the Great Exhibition of 1851, the large surplus from which purchased the land on which the present concentration of museums, concert hall and art and music schools now stand. The cartouche containing a view of Paxton’s Crystal Palace is surrounded by reminders of the International character of its contents. Queen Victoria believed it to be his single greatest achievement and it is the catalogue of the Great Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations that his effigy is holding on his monument, the Albert Memorial in Kensington Gardens.

Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0208-12
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