The Koh-i-Noor Diamond at The Great Exhibition of 1851
Engraved front page of The Illustrated Exhibitor published in July 1851. Info from wiki:The Koh-i-Noor (Persian for Mountain of Light; also spelled Koh-i-Nûr and Kooh-è Noor) is a large, colourless diamond that was found near Guntur in Andhra Pradesh, India, possibly in the 13th century. It weighed 793 carats ( g) uncut and was first owned by the Kakatiya dynasty. The stone changed hands several times between various feuding factions in South Asia over the next few hundred years, before ending up in the possession of Queen Victoria after the British conquest of the Punjab in 1849.
Size: 3656px × 5596px
Location: Crystal Palace, Hyde Park, London, England
Photo credit: © Historical Images Archive / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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