The authentic representation of the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg
Book
[1840] (published)
[1840] (published)
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1 folded leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 12 x 22 cm.
Title from upper pastedown.
Panoramic view on 12 sheets joined to form a continuous strip folded to form 32 leaves. Each leaf has engraved captions of places, people, and ceremonies in lower margin; first and last leaves without vertical titles.
Cover title: The marriage procession of V & A" ; other issues have this title only or a variant inner-cover title 'The state marriage procession & ceremony ...'
Hand-colored aquatints.
Title from upper pastedown.
Panoramic view on 12 sheets joined to form a continuous strip folded to form 32 leaves. Each leaf has engraved captions of places, people, and ceremonies in lower margin; first and last leaves without vertical titles.
Cover title: The marriage procession of V & A" ; other issues have this title only or a variant inner-cover title 'The state marriage procession & ceremony ...'
Hand-colored aquatints.
Object details
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| Title | The authentic representation of the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg |
| Brief description | The authentic representation of the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria with His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg, celebrated at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, February 10, 1840, twenty feet long, price 21s. richly colored, in a handsome silk case with clasp, or 12s. plain : displaying the correct costumes, dresses, &c., worn by the nobility and gentry in attendance, whose names and official appointments are given, and showing the state apartments through which the procession passed; executed in the same style, and forming a companion work to the Grand coronation procession. - These works will ever be prized as historical records, and prove invaluable as works of reference |
| Physical description | 1 folded leaf of plates : col. ill. ; 12 x 22 cm. Title from upper pastedown. Panoramic view on 12 sheets joined to form a continuous strip folded to form 32 leaves. Each leaf has engraved captions of places, people, and ceremonies in lower margin; first and last leaves without vertical titles. Cover title: The marriage procession of V & A" ; other issues have this title only or a variant inner-cover title 'The state marriage procession & ceremony ...' Hand-colored aquatints. |
| Gallery label | PANORAMIC VIEW of the Marriage Procession 1840
This panoramic view shows the magnificent marriage procession and ceremony of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg. The wedding, on February 10, 1840, was celebrated at the Chapel Royal, St James's. The key along the bottom identifies people and landmarks. The print would have been sold as an inexpensive souvenir of the event, but now serves as an important historical record.
Colour lithograph, hand coloured; in cloth boards
Messrs. Fores, London
National Art Library: 38041009206681
(16/03/2018) |
| Other number | 809.AA.0018 - NAL Pressmark |
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| Library number | 38041009206681 |
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| Record created | August 24, 2017 |
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