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The Award of Prizes at the International Exhibition: Earl Granville, President of the Royal Commission, reading the address, 1862. Granville Leveson-Gower, Leader of the House of Lords, makes a speech at a prize-giving ceremony. The International Exhibition of 1862 was a world's fair held from 1 May to 1 November 1862 in South Kensington, London. The site now houses museums including the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.