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Coronations

Images

  • Euston Road, London, from outside Bentley House, showing the Wellcome Building, Friends' House and St Pancras Church with decorations for Coronation Day. Oil painting by Paul A. Lord Methuen RA, 4th Baron, 1953.
  • The coronation of the Virgin with four saints: Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint John the Evangelist, Saint John the Baptist and Saint Benedict or Saint Romuald. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after G. Reni.
  • The apostles around the empty tomb watch the Assumption of the Virgin. Engraving after J. Boeckhorst.
  • Euston Road, London, from outside Bentley House, showing the Wellcome Building, Friends' House and St Pancras Church with decorations for Coronation Day. Oil painting by Paul A. Lord Methuen RA, 4th Baron, 1953.
  • Saint Michael stands upon the defeated devil; Saint Peter and Saint Benedict flank him; above the Virgin and child sit among angelic musicians. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after I. Francucci da Imola.
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Catalogue

    • Ephemera

    By the Queen, a proclamation, declaring Her Majesties pleasure touching her royal coronation, and the solemnity thereof : and for the adjournment of the Easter term next / Anne R.

    | Date: 1702
    • Pictures

    Mars crowns the portrait of the Count of Montecuccoli while a soldier-angel looks on, holding a portrait of Count Turpin de Crisse. Etching by F. Andouart after F.G. Casanova, 1769.

    Casanova, Francesco Giuseppe, approximately 1732-1803. | Date: 1769 | Reference: 27214i
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    A woman beleaguered by four enemies; representing Faith resisting Death, Schism, the World and the Devil. Engraving by Hieronymus Wierix after Maarten de Vos, 156-.

    Vos, Maarten de, 1532-1603. | Date: [between 1560 and 1569?] | Reference: 26754i
    • Pictures

    Saint Augustine and Saint Jerome kneeling before the crowned Virgin. Engraving by E. Baudet after G. Lanfranco.

    Lanfranco, Giovanni, 1582-1647. | Date: [between 1700 and 1799] | Reference: 21412i
    • Pictures

    The coronation of King George V: Beefeaters accompanying the coach. Colour halftone after E. Bundy, 1911.

    Bundy, Edgar, 1862-1922. | Date: June 27 1911 | Reference: 2497724i
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