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Lot #65118:

ROYAL CORONATION EDWARD VII SIGNED GEORGE VII ENGRAVING

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This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/14/2023

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Value

Size - Framed

34 x 45"

Size - Viewable

23 x 33.5"

Coronation portrait of King Edward VII engraved by Joseph B. Pratt after the original by Sir Luke Fildes, published 1902 by Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. Bottom reads "In Remembrance of your Vigil May 17th - 20th, 1910" and signed by King George VII in pencil. Presented to the military personnel who stood guard at the four points of the King’s coffin as he lay in state in Westminster Hall in May 1910. Set in a black frame with patterned matting under plexiglass.

Provenance: Lifelong memorabilia collection of John DiMauro (1953-2023)

Condition: Very good, heavy foxing throughout. Heavy scratch to his cloak in the foreground and midground. Has not been examined out of frame.