print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1902,1011.9269
- Title
- Object: The Queen opening Parliament
- Description
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Queen Victoria seated on throne, with her ladies and statesman surrounding her; a Lord reading from a sheet of paper to left, another man to right, possibly Benjamin Disraeli, carrying the Sword of State; illustration from "The Illustrated London News" (17 February, 1877)
Wood-engraving
- Production date
- 1877
- Dimensions
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Height: 250 millimetres (image)
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Width: 213 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The Opening of Parliament took place on Thursday 8 February. The Queen went from Buckingham Palace in the State Coach with Princesses Louise and Beatrice. She was relieved that she no longer had to deliver her speech, which was read by the Lord Chancellor For another image of Queen Victoria opening Parliament in 1877: 1902.1011.9270
Cataloguing supported by the PIlgrim Trust
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Illustrated London News
- Acquisition date
- 1902
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1902,1011.9269