The Great Exhibition 1851: India No. 1

Joseph Nash was commissioned by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to recreate forty-three images from the Great Exhibition. The purpose of the reproduction was to create chromolithographs that could be sold to the public to raise profit for the South Kensington Museum. This watercolor depict the Ivory Chair of State and stool presented to the Queen by the Raja of Travancore. The After being appointed the Empress of India in 1876 the Queen decided to take official photographs while sitting in the chair. 

Medium: Watercolor, bodycolour, and Pencil

Measurements: 35.1 x 51.5 cm