Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle by Gumuchian., Publication information from cover to the series: The christening procession of Prince Taffy., One print from a series of 24 pen lithographs, printed on both sides, commemorating the christening of Edward VII., Plate numbered '7' in upper right hand corner., and On same sheet, verso: The feathers; H.R.H. The Prince of Wales, borne by the Duchess of Bucclueck, his tail supported by two pages; Chief wet nurse; Chief dry nurse.
Title below image., Engraved for the 1842 "Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill"; with caption added., and With an embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle by Gumuchian., Publication information from cover to the series: The christening procession of Prince Taffy., One print from a series of 24 pen lithographs, printed on both sides, commemorating the christening of Edward VII., and On same sheet, verso: Court physician and pages apothecary; The closet keeper; Private secretaries to the Queen and Albert.
Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, [1842]., and With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay.
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle by Gumuchian., Publication information from cover to the series: The christening procession of Prince Taffy., One print from a series of 24 pen lithographs, printed on both sides, commemorating the christening of Edward VII., and On same sheet, verso: The wet nurses.
Suit of armor made for François I. The armour was purchased in 1771 by Horace Walpole for his collection at Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, from the estate of Louis-Antoine Crozat, Baron de Thiers. The armor was later sold to Samuel Pratt at the 1842 sale of the contents of Strawberry Hill, forty-five years after Walpole's death. The print depicts the armour as seen from the front as well as a detail of the side of the helmet and the back plate
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date based on Pratt's years of ownership of the armor., and W.S. Lewis pencilled note on verso: "Removed from McKinlay extra-illustrated set of Sale catalogues by WSL & sent to Geane[...].
Title from caption below image., Attributed to Richard Doyle by Gumuchian., Publication information from cover to the series: The christening procession of Prince Taffy., One print from a series of 24 pen lithographs, printed on both sides, commemorating the christening of Edward VII., Plate numbered '9' in upper right corner., and On same sheet, verso: Secretary; Coachman; Tiger to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales; Purse bearer; And master of the horse.
Title from text on banners within image., Attributed to Richard Doyle by Gumuchian., and Front cover to a series of 24 pen lithographs, printed on both sides, commemorating the christening of Edward VII.
Publisher:
Published March 1st, 1842 by Messrs. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Title from text within image., Attributed to Richard Doyle., Publisher from advertisement to the series., Cover to a series of 24 pen lithographs satirizing events surrounding the Treaty of Nanking ratified in 1843 after the conclusion of the First Opium War., From an advertisement pasted on verso of sheet: Clever humorous works by Messrs. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street ... The brother to the moon's visit to the court of Queen Vic., twenty-four subjects, forming a companion work to The christening of Prince Taffy ..., and Publisher's advertisement pasted on verso of sheet: Clever humorous works by Messrs. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, Corner of Sackville Street.
