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To Lieutt. Coll. The Earl of Winchelsea (of the east) ____& Lieutt. Coll. The Earl of Brecknkock (of the West) & to The East and West Kent Regiments of Yeomanry Cavalry, This Plate, representing The Review At the Moat Park, on Friday the 26th May 1837.
Drawn by G. B. Campion. Engraved by Cha.s Hunt.
Published by J. Smith, Maidstone. And H.Ward, Canterbury. 1837.
Coloured aquatint. 630 x 490mm (24¾ x 19¼"). Trimmed to plate. Rust marks from pervious framing. Damage to right margin inside plate mark. Tear in title area lower left.
Shows this major review in full colour. Hickman: p. 206.
[Ref: 1154] £450.00
This view representing the triennial Ceremony of the procession AD MONTEM, is respectfully dedicated to the Nobleman and Gentleman educated at Eton.
Drawn by G. B. Campion. Engraved by C. Hunt.
London published Dec.r 1.st 1838, by Ackerman & Co. 96 Strand.
Hand-coloured aquatint. Printed area: 390 x 560mm (15¼ x 22"). Unexamined out of frame. Light spotting in sky of printed area.
A scene depicting a procession at Eton, called the Montem. The object of the ceremony, celebrated on Whit Tuesday, was to make a collection for the senior scholar on the foundation, in preparation for his leaving Eton for University. Carriages, a military band and crowds of onlookers, watch the procession of figures in elaborate costume. Windsor Castle can be seen in the disctance. The print is dedicated to 'The Noblemen and Gentlemen educated at Eton', and inscribed underneath is a detailed explanation of the event. Hickman: 207.
[Ref: 32054] £750.00
Her Majesty Proceeding in State to Westminster Abbey. Crowned June 28th 1838.
G.B. Campion Del. J. Graf, Printer to Her Majesty.
London, Published July 25.d 1838 by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand.
Scarce lithograph with hand colour. Printed area 380 x 520mm (15 x 20½"), with large margins.
Queen Victoria in the Gold State Coach (of which she complained of the ''distressing oscillation'' of the cabin), entering Parliament Square on route to Westminster Abbey, surrounded by guards and crowds. To the right is a five-tiered grandstand. George Bryant Campion (1795-1870) was a watercolour painter who specialised in military scenes, having been drawing master at the Military Academy, Woolwich.
[Ref: 60762] £380.00
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