Sujet
Installation of a Knight of the Bath, 1844. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Installation of a Knight of the Bath, 1844. The Order of the Bath is conferred by Queen Victoria. The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. '...the Ceremony of the Sovereign investing a Knight with the Order, in the Throne-room, at St. James's Palace...The Collar is of gold, weighing thirty ounces Troy weight, and is composed of nine imperial crowns, and eight roses, thistles, and shamrocks, issuing from a sceptre, enamelled in their proper colours, tied or linked together with seventeen gold knots, enamelled white, having the badge of the Order pendant therefrom'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM21A06_369
Model release
NA
Property release
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,5Mo (7,6Mo) / 37,9cm x 42,0cm / 4473 x 4960 (300dpi)