ROYAL PROCESSION AT THE GRAND ARCH LONDON BRIDGE

Original 15 3/4 inch x 21 inch Engraving titled THE ROYAL PROCESSION AT THE GRAND ARCH LONDON BRIDGE.

Royal Marriage of the Prince of Wales to Princess Alexandra.

Engraving by Mason Jackson (1819 – 1903). Wood-engraver and journalist, born in Ovingham, Northumberland. He was established in London by 1846 as principal engraver for the ‘Art Union of London,’ 1850-60. Engraved for the ‘Illustrated London News,’ 1850-78, and became the first historian of illustrated journalism in England, ‘The Pictorial Press: Its Origins and Progress,’ 1885. Exhibited landscape paintings at the Royal Academy, 1856-79.

Drawing by Richard Principal Leitch (active 1844 – 1877). Draughtsman, wood-engraver and painter; worked for the ‘Illustrated London News’, 1847-77; signed his work with an interlocking ‘RPL.’

From The Illustrated London News March 21st, 1863

The engraving is in very good condition with one vertical fold.