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Admission ticket to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George IV

Print
1821 (Made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This invitation card was for the ceremony in the Abbey itself, and entrance was strictly guarded. Soldiers actually refused admission to Queen Caroline, who had definitely not been invited, and did not have a ticket. Most of the blocks used for printing this card were used for another invitation to the banquet in Westminster Hall afterwards. [See E.931-1935.] However, on that card, a different stamped border pattern and slightly differing lettering appear

The `Dobbs’ whose name is stamped in the border was H. Dobbs. His firm (founded in 1803) pioneered the use of decorative blind stamping for decorating invitation cards. Later in the 19th century he used this process to provide ornament for valentine cards and other greeting cards.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleAdmission ticket to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George IV (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Compound plate printing, with stamped blind border.
Brief description
Compound plate print, blind stamped border. Admission ticket to Westminster Abbey for the Coronation of King George IV, 1821.
Physical description
An elaborate ticket of admission, printed in colours, surrounded by a blind stamped white decorative border.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 9 1/2in
  • Size of sheet width: 10 3/8in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935.
Marks and inscriptions
Lettered with the Royal titles, Abbey. and No. Dated MDCCCXXI. Border blind stamped Dobbs
Credit line
Given by Miss E. Partridge.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Summary
This invitation card was for the ceremony in the Abbey itself, and entrance was strictly guarded. Soldiers actually refused admission to Queen Caroline, who had definitely not been invited, and did not have a ticket. Most of the blocks used for printing this card were used for another invitation to the banquet in Westminster Hall afterwards. [See E.931-1935.] However, on that card, a different stamped border pattern and slightly differing lettering appear

The `Dobbs’ whose name is stamped in the border was H. Dobbs. His firm (founded in 1803) pioneered the use of decorative blind stamping for decorating invitation cards. Later in the 19th century he used this process to provide ornament for valentine cards and other greeting cards.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1935 London: HMSO, 1935
Collection
Accession number
E.930-1935

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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