Official Programme of the State Procession of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
Publication details:
[1838] 'London: Printed by W. MARSHALL, 24, Tavistock-street, Covent-Garden; Removed from 1, Holborn Bars Printed by E. ELLIOT, 14, Holywell-street, Strand.'
£500.00
SKU: 7437
On a piece of yellow wove paper roughly 565 x 455 mm. Text and illustrations clear and entire on creased and spotted paper with some wear to extremities. The order of the procession is given in three columns, divided by decorative rules. At the foot is an illustration (120 x 195 mm) of the queen's coach reaching Westminster Abbey, with crowds and a banner reading 'LONG LIVE VICTORIA'. Between the heading (in a variety of types and point sizes) and the order of the procession are three illustrations: 'The Crown, Sceptre, and Orb', 'The Ampulla; or Golden Eagle, which contains the holy oil' and 'The Coronation Chair'. Beneath the last illustration the name of the engraver is given as 'H DRYDEN', i.e. Sir Henry Dryden (1818-1899) of Canons Ashby.