Albemarle Gallery

Carriage of the Duchess of Kent in Queen Victoria's

Carriage of the Duchess of Kent. Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, mother to Queen Victoria, in Queen Victoria's coronation parade. Handcoloured aquatint engraving from Fores Correct Representation of the State Procession on the Occasion of the August Ceremony of Her Majesty's Coronation, June 28th 1838, published by Fores, Sporting and Fine Print Repository, Piccadilly, London, 1838

© Florilegius

Soldiers Drilling

Soldiers Drilling. Coloured aquatint with soft ground etching by and after J A Atkinson, nd.Published by William Miller, 49 Albemarle Street, London and James Walker, 8 Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London, 1 Jan 1807.Shows infantry drilling for a possible invasion in fatigue dress, with an officer and non commissioned officers in summer dress. Date: 1807

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library

Princess Margaret arrives in Westminster Abbey (Coronation)

The sister of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Margaret, enters the Coronation Theatre in Westminster Abbey. Her train is carried by Miss Iris Peake, and she is followed by her page, Albemarle Bowes Lyon, who carries her coronet. Behind him are the Heralds of Richmond, York, Chester and Lancaster. In the foreground is the Throne. Date: 1953

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans