Queen Victoria Opening Parliament & Houses of Parliament

Description: 800x600 This is a GeorgeBaxter-com listing - this guarantees that this item is genuine and as described. We only list top quality GENUINE prints at the right price. We do not sell poor quality items A pair of prints by Le Blond & Co - The first shows the Opening of Parliament by Queen Victoria, in 1852. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are in the state coach drawn by Hanoverian cream-coloured horses, and attended by an escort of the Life Guards and Yeomen of the Guard on their way to the Sovereign's entrance of the House of Lords. On the right can be seen Westminster Abbey, St. Margaret's Church, and statue of Sir Robert Peel. The second shows The New Houses of Parliament - 'New' as, at the time this print was published they were recently opened after having rebuilt after the fire of 1834. Also known as The Palace of Westminster it was rebuilt after designs by Sir Charles Barry. The scene showing cheering crowds and state barges appears to represent the scene at the formal opening by Queen Victoria in 1852. On the left we get a glimpse of Wren's towers, and some other portions of Westminster Abbey, and on the extreme right a small piece of Westminster Bridge. Le Blond had taken a licence to use George Baxter’s patented printing process in 1849 and initially printed this by that process. They were on the same sheet as "Her Majesty at Windsor," and "Prince Albert in St. James' Park." Presumably to cut costs Le Blond also printed this, as in this example, by Chromolithography. This enabled Le Blond, instead of printing just 4 different images from the plate, as in Baxter’s process, could now use a larger platen and print 12 images, 3 of each of the four prints all at once, using stones to print the original design and all the individual colours The size of each print is approx 6.4 x 11.3 - excellent colours, the Opening of Parliamnt shows some minor age staining and the very bottom right corner is chipped, please see images FREE UK and subsidised International Post Please see our other EBay listings, we are happy to combine shipping. If you would like further information or images please feel free to contact me via 'contact seller' Baxter Print: A print produced by George Baxter (1804 - 1867). He would have designed the image, engraved the steel printing plate, prepared up to 20 plus wood or metal blocks to print each individual colour and then printed them, all on hand presses, one colour at time, his print of the Coronation of Queen Victoria took FOUR years to complete. Baxter Process: From 1849 Baxter sold licences to use his process - between 1850 and 1870's the companies of Le Blond & Co, J M Kronheim, Myers & Co, W Dickes, Joseph Mansell and Bradshaw & Blacklock produced work by Baxter's patent process, these printers are known as Baxter Licencees and their work as Baxter Licencee prints. Victorian colour printing of this period, much by the Baxter Process, was far superior to the majority of colour work that came afterwards when art and quality were superseded later in the 19th century by the requirements of quantity at a cheap price. 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Price: 6.99 GBP

Location: Burry Port

End Time: 2024-12-01T11:45:50.000Z

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