Spectacle & Ceremony: Coronation Banquets in Westminster Hall

In this video we explore the largely forgotten history of banqueting in Westminster Hall. Images: Westminster Hall 1812, Line etching & Coloured aquatint by John Bluck, After original by A.W.N. Pugin & Thomas Rowlandson, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 4773. www.parliament.uk/art Court of Kings Bench 1808, Colour aquatint. By John Bluck after original by Augustus NW Pugin & Thomas Rowlandson © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 1344. www.parliament.uk/art The Trial of Charles I January 1649, Wash drawing, pen and ink drawing by W. Fisk, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 3777. www.parliament.uk/art Visit by The President of the Republic of South Africa, 1996. © Parliamentary Archives, HC/OCE/1/9. John Wilkes 1727-97 M.P., Oil painting by Robert Edge Pine, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 2935. www.parliament.uk/art 1866 First Women's Suffrage Petition by Bertha Newcombe, 1910. © The Women's Library at LSE. The First Day of Term (Westminster Hall 1738 Interior looking toward Law Courts), Coloured line engraving by Charles Mosley, After original by Hubert-François Gravelot, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 2013. www.parliament.uk/art Coronation of James II by Francis Sandford, 1687. © Parliamentary Archives, LGC/8/1/6. The Royal Banquet. The Bringing up of the first course. 19th July 1821, Line etching. Monochrome aquatint by Robert Havell the Younger. © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 89. www.parliament.uk/art Coronation Banquet of George IV, Oil painting by George Jones, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 5801. www.parliament.uk/art The Coronation of George IV by Sir George Nayler, 1839. © Parliamentary Archives, LGC/8/1/11. Documents from the Reign of George IV. © Parliamentary Archives, LGC/5/2. Coronation Banquet of George IV in Westminster Hall, Oil painting by Unknown artist, © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 5870. www.parliament.uk/art The Royal Banquet in Westminster Hall. The bringing up of the Second Course, Colour aquatint by William James Bennett, After original by Charles Wild. © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 841. www.parliament.uk/art The Coronation Procession of His Majesty King George the Fourth , July 19th 1821. Colour lithograph by George Scharf. © Parliamentary Art Collection, WOA 325. www.parliament.uk/art Photographs of a lunch given by the CPA in honour of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Hall, 1953. © Parliamentary Archives, CPA/2/2/11. Photograph of the Coronation Luncheon in Westminster Hall, 1937. © Parliamentary Archives, CPA/2/1/5. "L'entente" (Entente Cordiale) visit of French Naval Officers to the Houses of Parliament, 1905. © Parliamentary Archives, HC/LB/1/111/20/44.

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