"Sad ceremony attending proclamation of King's Death"

Object Name
Category
Photographs
Date
1936
Medium
gelatin silver print
Credit Line
Malcolmson Collection. Gift of Harry and Ann Malcolmson in partnership with a private donor, 2014
Object Number
2014/645
Location
Not currently on display but Available for viewing on Wednesdays from 1-4:30 in the Prints and Drawings Study Centre

Dimensions

Overall: 20.4 × 25.6 cm (8 1/16 × 10 1/16 in.)

Signature, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription
on verso, in red pencil, tlc: England
Markings
on verso, typed caption adhered to print: KY7760184--WATCH YOUR CREDIT...INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTOS/ SLUG...(PROCESSION)/ SAD CEREMONY ATTENDING PROCLAMATION OF KING'S DEATH/ LONDON.... A.H. STAFFORD HOWARD, THE NORROY KING OF/ ARMS, ATTIRED IN TRADITIONAL COSTUME, IS RIDING IN/ THE MAIN CARRIAGE DURING THE SOLEMN CEREMONY AT/ TEMPLE BAR WHERE HE READ THE OFFICIAL PROCLAMATION/ OF THE DEATH OF KING GEORGE V./ (E-1-28-36) - 4;
stamped in blue ink: RECEIVED EXAMINER/ REFERENCE LIBRARY/ JAN 30 1936; stamped in black ink, br: International News Photo Inc. Official Stamp/ 235 East 45th Street, New York, NY/ This photograph ... appearing.
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