* The Crown Jewels and Other Regalia in the Tower of London, 1953, by Major-General H.D.W. He was political cartoonist for the Sunday Times for 50 years, and for The New Yorker magazine for 15 years. Scarfe established himself as a satirical cartoonist working for Punch magazine and Private Eye during the early sixties. The artist, illustrator and cartoonist Gerald Scarfe has a career that has spanned more than 60 years. Limited edition print, numbered and signed by the artist, from a total edition of only 10 copies to mark the Coronation of King Charles III. No Court of Claims has been established in 2023, with its role instead carried out within the Cabinet Office the 1952 session was therefore likely the final meeting of this six-century-old institution. Presided by the Lord Chancellor, the Court of Claims was responsible for receiving and adjudging petitions from those who claimed a right by tradition to perform particular duties in the Coronation service, from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster’s right ‘to instruct the Queen in the Rites and Ceremonies’ to individuals’ rights to carry the regalia. The proceedings of the final Court of Claims, assessing petitioners’ rights to roles in the Coronation of Elizabeth II. * Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second: Minutes of the Proceedings of the Court of Claims, 1952.

The upper half of the broadside comprises woodcut figures of the coronation procession, with the King and Queen, their attendants and officers, and the regalia, while the lower half reports the formation of the procession from St James’s Palace to Westminster, surrounded by woodcuts of the King and Queen, the Coronation Chair, Imperial Crown, and the regalia. and Queen Adelaide, 1831.Ī large printed broadside illustrating the coronation of William IV and Queen Adelaide.

Highlights from Coronation catalogues from Bernard Quaritch, Peter Harrington, and Bauman Rare Books including:

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