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The coronation procession of His Majesty King George the Fourth   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: George Scharf

Printed by: Charles Joseph Hullmandel
Published by: Thomas Clay
Title
The coronation procession of His Majesty King George the Fourth
Description
English: Procession of dignataries on foot accompanying the King who walks under a camopy to right of centre, about to pass a grandstand in the centre of a fenced walkway on a platform, forming a loop around it from the Abbey in the background to right to Westminster in the background to left, with many spectators, including beggars, ballad-sellers and a man falling in the left foreground and rebuking one of the horse guards. 1821
Lithograph
Depicted people Associated with: George IV, King of the United Kingdom
Date 1821
date QS:P571,+1821-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 313 millimetres
Width: 448 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
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Accession number
1862,1108.556
Notes

Catalogue entry from J.Kierkuc-Bielinski, 'George Scharf', exh. Soane Museum, 2009 (no. 15): The Coronation of George the Fourth was one of the most spectacular ceremonies that Westminster Abbey had witnessed. Following the Coronation ceremony, the newly crowned George the Fourth processed to Westminster Hall for the banquet that was traditionally held there afterwards. This is the part of the ceremony that Scharf has depicted in his lithograph. The King is shown, wearing the crown and carrying the orb and sceptre, beneath a canopy of cloth of gold held up by the sixteen Barons of the Cinque Ports. In front of the King process Peers of the Realm and other dignitaries that took part in the coronation with guards lining the route. Scharf has removed the blue canopy that ran the length of the processional route and which protected the King and other participants from the elements, for clarity. This was one of Scharf’s earliest print commissions in London and one of his most successful ones . The lithograph was pulled from the stone by Hullmandel and published by Thomas Clay (fl. 1811-22) of Clay and Scriven, 18 Ludgate Hill.

Selected literature: F.S. Schwarzbach, "George Scharf and Early Victorian London", in 'Victorian Artist and the city: A Collection of Critical Essays', Eds. Ira Bruce Nadel and F.S. Schwarzbach (Pergamon Press: Elmford, New York, 1979).

For George IV's coronation see: J.Kierkuc-Bielinski, 'George Scharf', exh. cat. (London, 2009), 66; V. Cumming, ‘Pantomine and Pageantry: The Coronation of George IV’ in 'London: World City 1800-1840', ed. Celina Fox, exh. cat. (London: The Museum of London, 1992).
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1862-1108-556
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