Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Alken, Henry Thomas, 1784-1851
Title:
The Funeral procession of Arthur, Duke of Wellington [graphic] / H. Alken and G.A. Sala exc.
Published / Created:
London : Published March 1, 1853, by Ackermann & Co., 96, Strand, [1853]
Physical Description:
1 print on 27 joined sheets : hand-colored aquatint ; sheets end-to-end 14 x 2042 cm, accordion folded to to 14 x 37 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2015 28
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3089676
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Title from front cover, stamped in gilt on publisher's red cloth folder.

The lower margin of the panorama identifies individuals and regiments depicted.

Magee, D.B. Victoria R.I., no. 1687

Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 597

BAC: British Art Center is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original red cloth folder, title lettered in gilt on front cover.
Subject Terms:
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769–1852 -- Death and burial. | Funeral processions. | Funeral rites and ceremonies -- Great Britain. | Funeral service -- Great Britain. | Military funerals -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1853. | Panoramas -- England -- London. | Accordion fold format (Binding)
Contributors:
Sala, George Augustus, 1828–1895, artist. | Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764–1834, publisher.