1838, England

1838, England

Identifier
T.128-1971
Acquisition
Given by Miss B. Hinton
Collection
Material
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
83.3 cm (height)
85.3 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Silk handkerchief, Coronation of Queen Victoria, made in England, 1838 Silk handkerchief depicting the coronation of Queen Victoria in Westminster Abbey. It is plate printed in black with added purple, red, blue, yellow, green and buff. There is an inscription on white ground with crowns, large at the corners and smaller at the sides, above a spray of rose, thistle and clover or a single bloom, printed in black. Around the outer edges of the crowns there is a deep blue and black border with symbolic flowers, crowns reserved in white, and a repeat inscription.