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Coronation Invitation

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An Invitation to the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexander at Westminster Abbey, June 1902, designed by George W. Eve and within  a mahogany frame of the period. 

overall dimensions:12.25 in x 10.25 in 

George William Eve was a graphic designer and etcher responsible for several important British stamps as well as a designer of bookplates. He was an authority on heraldry; a member of the Heralds' College, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers and a member of the Art Workers' Guild. When the Painter-Etchers and Engravers required a new diploma, it was Eve who was chosen from amongst their ranks to create it.

 

Item Code: 3504

£ 395

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