Sujet

'Coronation Chair', c1897. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

'Coronation Chair', c1897. Ancient wooden chair, also known as St Edward's Chair or King Edward's Chair, on which British monarchs sit when they are crowned in Westminster Abbey. It was commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I to contain the coronation stone of Scotland - known as the Stone of Scone or Stone of Destiny - which had been captured from the Scots. From "The Queen's Resolve and Her Doubly Royal Reign of Sixty Years", by Charles Bullock, B.D. ["Home Words" Publishing Office, London, ]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A04_325

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

67,0Mo (4,1Mo) / 33,8cm x 49,7cm / 3990 x 5871 (300dpi)

Mots clés

wood event religious stone religion British traditional color medieval wooden Gothic Victorian century Britain abbey concept typical Westminster Abbey B&W Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages white and black throne nineteenth century Thirteenth Century 13th century The Print Collector coronation royal event Stone of Destiny Stone of Scone engraving St Edward's Chair Unknown Coronation Chair Queen Victoria Victoria Charles Bullock Alexandrina Victoria Empress of India King Edward's Chair Queen of Great Britain and Ireland 19th-century Charles Bullock Rev. Charles Bullock Reverend Charles Bullock