Artist: Abraham Le Blond (London, 1819 - 1894).
Engraver: Abraham Le Blond.
Title: Her Majesty opening Parliament.
Signed in plate: Le Blond & Co. Licencees, London.
Numbered and Titled on embossed backing card: Her Majesty opening Parliament. No. 18.
Dimensions: Image 2 7/8" x 4 1/2". Backing card 5 1/2" x 7 1/2".
Publisher: Le Blond & Co.
Date: Circa 1852.
Materials and Techniques: Baxter-process print pasted on publisher's embossed card.
Mat and Frame: Impression mounted on original embossed wove card.
Condition: Fresh colors, no wear. The engraving was stored in the album for so long that a part of the paint from the surface was offsetting to the previous page and soaked into it. Some other pages of the album with a similar offsetting were dated May 1851. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Catalog Raisonne: C.T. Courtney Lewis. The Le Blond Book. London, 1920. No. 58. P. 65-66.
Museums and Libraries: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. As 'Style of George Baxter.' Accession Number: 44.91.828.
University of Toronto Libraries (unsigned).
Note: Official opening of The New Houses of Parliament by Queen Victoria was in 1852.