Title

'Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey', 1859. Artist: Unknown.

Caption

'Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey', 1859. Known historically as St Edward's Chair or King Edward's Chair. An ancient wooden throne on which the British monarch sits when he or she is invested and crowned during coronation. Commissioned in 1296 by King Edward I, the chair is kept in Edward the Confessor's shrine at Westminster Abbey. From The History of England Div VIII by David Hume & Tobias Smollett. [Virtue & Co., London, 1859].
The Print Collector collection

Date

1859

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C80_447

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

184,9Mb (8,7Mb) / 22,7in x 31,7in / 6805 x 9499 (300dpi)

Keywords

London England wood event religious arts country religion day book weapon weapons ancient wooden war Westminster location century sword literature swords abbey concept Westminster Abbey B&W MONOCHROME warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry throne nineteenth century Thirteenth Century 13th century history City of Westminster The Print Collector coronation royal event TGN King of England David engraving object St Edward's Chair Unknown Coronation Chair Edward the Confessor St Edward the Confessor Saint Edward the Confessor Tobias George Hume Tobias George Smollett Smollett Tobias Smollett Virtue & Co. Ltd. Virtue and Company History of England David Hume King Edward's Chair David Hume Tobias George Smollett Virtue & Co Ltd Edward the Confessor engraving object