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ALKEN, Samuel Henry Gordon (1810-1894) and George Augustus SALA (1828-1895). The Funeral Procession of Arthur Duke of Wellington. [London: Ackermann, '1852']. A continuous strip hand-coloured aquatint panorama, on 56 sections with mourners and regiments listed at foot (approx. 133 x 20,160mm. overall), one flap extension. (Some sections detached, linen-backed, some browning, occasional bubbling and creasing.) Folding into original red cloth portfolio, front cover embossed with Wellington's arms and title in gilt (some waterstaining to portfolio, yellow tape to reinforce splitting joint, lacking ties). Provenance: Carlos del Solar Dorrego (bookplate) -- unidentified contemporary hand (inscription).
At over 65 feet in length, this is one of the longest continuous strip panoramas known, conveying a powerful sense of the military and monarchical grandeur of the Duke's funeral. Henry Alken's son executed the horses. Although Abbey gives an 1852 date, the panel of Wellington's hearse is dated 1 March 1853. Abbey Life 597.
At over 65 feet in length, this is one of the longest continuous strip panoramas known, conveying a powerful sense of the military and monarchical grandeur of the Duke's funeral. Henry Alken's son executed the horses. Although Abbey gives an 1852 date, the panel of Wellington's hearse is dated 1 March 1853. Abbey Life 597.