Grand International Lancers, 1862 (chromolithograph on paper)

sheet music cover for `The Grand International Lancers' by C. C. Amos, London; Amos & Son, 14 Craven Terrace, Upper Hyde Park Gardens, W, and Crystal Palace Sydenham; Stannard & Dixon Imp.; T. Packer Lith. View of a large crowd watching a procession pass the exhibition building of the International Exhibition, 1862, possibly part of the opening ceremony. Unlike the 1851 and 1854 exhibitions, the International Exhibition of 1862 was housed in a substantially brick-built construction with iron and glass domes. It was built on the site of the present Natural History Museum in South Kensington, and opened on 1 May. The ceremony was performed by the Duke of Cambridge because Victoria was in mourning for Albert who had died the previous winter.