Accession number
PML 88483
Published
London : Published by W. Sams, No. 1 St. James Street, Jan.1822.
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
Title from cover of panorama drum.
"Dieu et mon droit"--motto on cover of panorama drum.
Other titles supplied by cataloguer.
The long, hand-colored aquatint strip of the Coronation procession of Geoge IV., wound on a wooden bobbin inside a wooden cylindrical drum, is pulled out through a slot. The figures are numbered 1-133. The procession is headed by the King's Herb-woman, Miss Fellowes (1) with her six maids, followed by the Messenger of the College of Arms (3). The King appears at (102) beneath a canopy, accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire and the Bishops of Lincoln and Oxford. The procession concludes with the Yeomen of the Guard.
A souvenir hand-held reel, spin-off product of the Marshall Brothers' "Grand historical peristrephic panorama."
Accompanied by a booklet: "Description of the procession on the Coronation of His Majesty George the Fourth" (PML 88484)
"Dieu et mon droit"--motto on cover of panorama drum.
Other titles supplied by cataloguer.
The long, hand-colored aquatint strip of the Coronation procession of Geoge IV., wound on a wooden bobbin inside a wooden cylindrical drum, is pulled out through a slot. The figures are numbered 1-133. The procession is headed by the King's Herb-woman, Miss Fellowes (1) with her six maids, followed by the Messenger of the College of Arms (3). The King appears at (102) beneath a canopy, accompanied by the Duke of Devonshire and the Bishops of Lincoln and Oxford. The procession concludes with the Yeomen of the Guard.
A souvenir hand-held reel, spin-off product of the Marshall Brothers' "Grand historical peristrephic panorama."
Accompanied by a booklet: "Description of the procession on the Coronation of His Majesty George the Fourth" (PML 88484)
Description
1 panorama : wood and paper, ill. (aquatint). ; 8 x 896 cm (strip)
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Inside publisher's hand-held boxwood panorama drum with colored label of Lion and Rose, flanking a portrait of George IV. (14 x 7 (diam.) cm (drum)) Housed in a modern green cylindrical cardboard case covered by gray and green decorated paper with metal lid and bottom. A green leather label inside lid, gilt stamped: George IV 1821 [by JPW?] (16.4 x 9 (diam.) cm).
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