Unknown Person
The State Coach, troops and crowds outside Westminster Abbey 9 - 9 Aug 1902
Platinum process | 29 x 36 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2916528
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Photograph showing the entrance to Westminster Abby and turretted building to left, with lines of sailors, soldiers on horseback (Life Guards) and soldiers in bearskins, standing in attention, for the imminent arrival of King Edward VII for his Coronation. Awnings and canopies to right by the Abbey, for the spectators. Bunting in foreground. This photograph is one of a series of forty five views taken by an unknown photographer at the time of the coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
Provenance
Acquired by King Edward VII
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Medium and techniques
Platinum process
Measurements
29 x 36 cm (whole object)