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The Royal Procession

Print
1872 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
London (made)

Hand-coloured woodcut print of The Royal Procession of Queen Victoria, depicting all the various knights, marshalls, trumpeters, and guards marching to St. Paul's Cathedral, around the Royal Carriage in the centre. The colouring is quite simplistic with blotches of pink, blue or yellow applied roughly to the different groups of figures. Lettered with title, captions, dedication and price.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Royalty
Photographs
Topography
Object type
Print
TitleThe Royal Procession (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Hand-coloured woodcut print
Paper
Printing Inks
Woodcut
Brief description
Hand-coloured woodcut print of The Royal Procession of Queen Victoria to commemorate a day of thanksgiving to the Prince of Wales, depicting all the various knights, marshalls, trumpeters, and guards marching to St. Paul's Cathedral. Great Britain, 1872.
Physical description
Hand-coloured woodcut print of The Royal Procession of Queen Victoria, depicting all the various knights, marshalls, trumpeters, and guards marching to St. Paul's Cathedral, around the Royal Carriage in the centre. The colouring is quite simplistic with blotches of pink, blue or yellow applied roughly to the different groups of figures. Lettered with title, captions, dedication and price.
Dimensions
  • Height: 55.3cm
  • Width: 86cm
Dimensions taken from Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Marks and inscriptions
  • THE ROYAL PROCESSION OF THE QUEEN TO St Paul's Cathedral on TUESDAY FEBRUARY 27, 1872. THE DAY APPOINTED FOR A GENERAL THANKSGIVING OF H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES./London: G: INGRAM 41 Old Street, St Luke's
  • Bought for 1d as an illustration of the procession 27/2/72 printed from old woodblocks intended to represent the Lord Mayor's show RHSS
Subjects depicted
Procession
Trumpeters
Watermen
Guards
Carriages
Armour
Police
Knights
Royalty
Bibliographic reference
Miller, Elizabeth. Hand Coloured British Prints. London: Published by Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1987.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
13190

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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