Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Agency: ILLUSTRATED
Event Date: 1952-11-29
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.008548

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: A / London / churches / Westminster Abbey / King Edward’s chair, on which / the Queen will sit to the crowned / by the Archbishops. It houses the / Stone of Scone brought to this / country from Scotland by Edward / I in 1296. The chair, used for; stamped: 29 NOV 1952; handwritten: the crowing of almost every / English monarch is built of oak.; stamped: “ILLUSTRATED” COPYRIGHT / Negative No. / Must not be reproduced / without permission. / 29 NOV 1952 / CREDIT: / from BLACK STAR, / CLIFFORDS INN, LONDON. [struck through]; handwritten: Graybar Bldg, NYC

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