Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.
Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.
Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.
Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.
Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.
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Abraham Le Blond. Her Majesty opening Parliament. Baxter print. Circa 1852.

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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. 
ConditionFresh 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.