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ALKEN, Samuel Henry (1810-1894) and George Augustus SALA (1828-1895)

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Lot 118 | ALKEN, Samuel Henry (1810-1894) and George Augustus SALA (1828-1895)
ALKEN, Samuel Henry (1810-1894) and George Augustus SALA (1828-1895)

The funeral procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington. London: Ackermann & Co., 1852.

An elaborate panoramic view of the entire funeral procession. At 20 metres (67 feet) in length when unfolded, this is one of the longest panoramas ever made. Wellington died on the 14 September 1852 aged 83. He had served as commander of the British forces and their allies in the Peninsular War and at the Battle of Waterloo, and served twice as Prime Minister. Wellington was one of few non-royals to be afforded a state funeral, and his enormous funeral carriage, was said to have weighed 12 tons and made of brass from French cannons captured at Waterloo. The funeral held on 18 November at St Paul’s Cathedral was one of the grandest of any in Britain in the 19th century. Abbey Life 597; Bobins II, 342.



Contemporary hand-coloured aquatint panorama (136 x 370mm; extending to approximately 2044cm). Comprising 56 hand-coloured aquatint plates joined to form a continuous panoramic strip illustrating the procession, each section with printed captioned identifying mourners and regiments etc., the Duke of Wellington’s funeral car (section 46) depicted on a panel folding upwards (the whole somewhat stained and spotted). Loose as issued in publisher’s maroon cloth boards, upper cover stamped and lettered in gilt with stamped gilt crest of Sir Humphrey Francis de Trafford, yellow endpapers, publisher’s advertisement for other commemorative funeral publications on lower pastedown (without cover title, rebacked and recased, upper board retaining original upper cover, new cloth ties, two missing). Housed in a fine custom-made maroon morocco casket-style hinged case by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, with lid titled in gilt with Wellington’s crowned monogram to the corners, lined with watered-silk and a green velvet inlay (extremities rubbed). Provenance: Sir Humphrey Francis de Trafford, 3rd Bt. (bookplate and crest on binding) — Reuben Jay Flick (bookplate) — Samuel Henry Austin (bookplate).





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