Rare Film Posters

MINISTERIAL FULL DRESS DINNER PARTY – REHEARSING THE QUEEN’S SPEECH

£55.00

Original 19 7/8 inch x 11 7/8 inch Engraving titled THE MINISTERIAL FULL DRESS DINNER PARTY – REHEARSING THE QUEEN’S SPEECH.

Engraving by Horace Harral (1817 – 1905). Harral was a prominent London wood engraver and etcher, who, with his brother, Alfred Harral, engraved numerous cuts for the “Illustrated London News” and “The Graphic”.

From The Graphic February 17th, 1872

The Graphic was a British weekly illustrated newspaper, first published on 4 December 1869 by William Luson Thomas’s company Illustrated Newspapers Limited. It continued to be published weekly under this title until 23 April 1932 and then changed title to The National Graphic between 28 April and 14 July 1932; it then ceased publication, after 3,266 issues.

Page size 15 1/2 inch x 23 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with a vertical centre fold. Printed text on the reverse.