Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: ILLUSTRATED
Event Date: 1953-03-14
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.008547

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: Westminster Abbey Makes Ready for June 2. / coronation preparation; stamped: CREDIT: / from BLACK STAR, / CLIFFORDS INN, LONDON. [struck through]; handwritten: Graybar Bldg, NYC; stamped: “ILLUSTRATED” COPYRIGHT / Negative No. / Must not be reproduced / without permission. / 14 MAR 1953; handwritten: The “High Altar” is adorned with some of / the treasures of the Abbey. Some of these pieces are / now in show in St. James Palace. On the “Altar” are 2 / candlesticks that were provided mainly from the life / savings of Sarah Hughes, a 17th century cook at Westminster / school. / At extreme right stands and ivory cross made from / one of two elephant tusks given to the Dean and Chapter by / Haile Lelassie of [illeg.]. Most of the other pieces date from / Charles the Second.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: ENGLAND / HISTORIC CORONATIONS
Retouching: N