Sujet
The Coronation of the King of Prussia: His Majesty receiving an address from the young..., 1861. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
The Coronation of the King of Prussia: His Majesty receiving an address from the young ladies of Königsberg [now Kaliningrad] on his entrance into that city - from a sketch by our special artist, 1861. 'Within the gate...was erected a triumphal arch, surmounted with gigantic Royal crowns, and ornamented with the arms of Prussia and Saxe-Weimar...At ten o'clock two stands erected near the gates were occupied, one by ladies and. the other by members of the municipality, and close to them were waiting fifty young ladies clad in white, with scarves of the national colours and crowns of flowers on their heads. [The King]...appeared on horseback, in the uniform of a General of the Guard, with a helmet bearing a white plume. Close behind him came the Crown Prince, followed by the other Princes. When the King reached the stands, one of the young ladies, Mdlle. Bigork, daughter of the second Burgomaster, addressed to his Majesty a compliment in verse, very neatly turned, and then presented on a cushion a copy of it, which was printed on satin and elegantly bound in black velvet with silver ornaments. The King, after thanking the young lady, took the copy, and handed it to his Aide-de-Camp, and the cortege resumed its march'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector
Notre référence
HRM23B24_290
Model release
NA
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Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
63,5Mo (5,7Mo) / 48,1cm x 33,1cm / 5676 x 3909 (300dpi)