Images Dated 1st August 2019

'The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1', 1901. Creator: Unknown

'The Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, 1851: Opened by Queen Victoria, May 1', (1901). Queen Victoria (1819-1901) opening the Great Exhibition in the purpose-built Crystal Palace in London's Hyde Park. Conceived by her husband Prince Albert, the exhibition was intended to showcase the 'Works of the Industry of all Nations'. The Crystal Palace was the first large-scale prefabricated ferrovitreous (iron and glass) structure, and was designed by the landscape designer, Joseph Paxton. The prefabricated design made the construction, and later dismantling of the building, easier and quicker. There were over six million admissions counted at the toll-gates - the exhibition remained open until 15 October. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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'Queen Victoria's Plantagenet Costume Ball at Buckingham Palace, May 7, 1842...', (1901)

'Queen Victoria's Plantagenet Costume Ball at Buckingham Palace, May 7, 1842: Her Majesty as Queen Philippa; The Prince Consort as Edward III', (1901). Fancy dress party, with costumes from the Plantagenet period (c1154-1485), held by Victoria (1819-1901) at Buckingham Palace in London. Victoria is dressed as Philippa of Hainault (1314-1369), and her husband Prince Albert (1818-1861) wears the costume of King Edward III 1312-1377). From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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'The Prince of Wales...laying the Foundation Stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse

'The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh laying the Foundation Stone of the new Eddystone Lighthouse, August 19, 1879', (1901). Prince Albert Edward (1841-1910), the future King Edward VII, and his brother Prince Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) at the site of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse off the coast of Cornwall. The tower was designed by James Nicholas Douglass to warn shipping away from the dangerous Eddystone Rocks. From "The Illustrated London News Record of the Glorious Reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901: The Life and Accession of King Edward VII. and the Life of Queen Alexandra". [London, 1901]

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