Accession number:
PML 152638
Published:
London : Relfe and Fletcher, 17, Cornhill, 1844.
Description:
[1] folded leaf of plates : all col. ill. ; 11 x 365 cm; folded to: 11 x 19 cm
Credit:
Bequest; Julia P. Wightman; 1994.
Notes:
Title from yellow advertisement pasted on inside front cover.
Title on cover: Procession to the Royal Exchange.
"A few copies richly emblazoned in gold are to be had, Price 10s 6d."
Consists of 20 sheets pasted together to form one strip; accordian folded.
20 pages in color panoramic form representing the festivities and procession on Monday, Oct. 28, 1844, to the opening of the Royal Exchange. Included are: the police officers, life guards, watermen & bargemen, Queen's household, aldermens carriages, the sheriffs, Lord Mayor's carriage, city marshal, 12 members of the Common Council in their Mazarine gowns, aldermen & attendants, mace bearer, Lord Mayor, royal footmen, the Queen's carriage and the detatchment of life guards.
Binding:
Red publishers' cloth, gilt stamped Royal crest on front and back covers.
Provenance:
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
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