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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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![[The Gold State Coach.] His Majesty King George the Third's New State Coach.](jpegs/57831.jpg)
[The Gold State Coach.] His Majesty King George the Third's New State Coach. For the London Magazine.
[n.d., c.1762.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17¼"). Bindings folds as normal, tears taped.
The Gold State Coach, used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV, commissioned by George III in 1760 and completed in 1762. Weighing in at four tons, it is decorated with tritons and cherubs, with side panels painted by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (not shown here). Quotes from its passengers include: 'tossing in a rough sea' (William IV); 'distressing oscillation' (Victoria); 'one of the most uncomfortable rides I have ever had in my life' (George VI) 'horrible' and 'not very comfortable' (Elizabeth II). For Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee a new state coach was built.
[Ref: 57831] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
[n.d., c.1762.]
Engraving, 18th century watermark. Sheet 285 x 445mm (11¼ x 17¼"). Bindings folds as normal, tears taped.
The Gold State Coach, used at the coronation of every British monarch since George IV, commissioned by George III in 1760 and completed in 1762. Weighing in at four tons, it is decorated with tritons and cherubs, with side panels painted by Giovanni Battista Cipriani (not shown here). Quotes from its passengers include: 'tossing in a rough sea' (William IV); 'distressing oscillation' (Victoria); 'one of the most uncomfortable rides I have ever had in my life' (George VI) 'horrible' and 'not very comfortable' (Elizabeth II). For Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee a new state coach was built.
[Ref: 57831] £160.00 (£192.00 incl.VAT)
Mr. Charles Green, Aeronaut. Born Jany. 31st 1785. First ascended on the 10th July 1821, at the Coronation of King George the 4th since which he has made up to this date Jul 9th 1839, Two Hundred and Sixty-nine ascents. [Facsimile signature:] Chas Green.
G.P.Harding, F.S.A. advisam delt. et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Pubd. July 9th 1839, by G.P.Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph on india paper. India 203 x 140. Publisher's blind stamp in bottom right-hand corner. India laid.
Head and shoulders portrait, with a balloon in the background.
[Ref: 19435] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)
G.P.Harding, F.S.A. advisam delt. et fecit. Day & Haghe, Lith.rs to the Queen.
Pubd. July 9th 1839, by G.P.Harding, Hercules Buildings, Lambeth.
Lithograph on india paper. India 203 x 140. Publisher's blind stamp in bottom right-hand corner. India laid.
Head and shoulders portrait, with a balloon in the background.
[Ref: 19435] £190.00 (£228.00 incl.VAT)