Overall: 29cm (11.5in) x 32cm (12.5in)
George IV Coronation Westminster Hall Admission Ticket with inked inscription for a place in ‘The Speaker's Box’, ticket no. 530. Autograph signed lower right ‘Gwydyr’ for Peter Robert Drummond-Burrell, 2nd Baron Gwydyr, 22nd Baron Willoughby d’ Eresby, P.C. (1782-1865), M.P. for Boston, Lincolnshire between 1812 and 1820 when he succeeded to his father’s barony. In 1828 he succeeded to his mother as 22nd Baron Willoughby d’ Eresby. The central bicoloured print by James Whiting and Robert Branston in red and blue showing the King seated on the throne with classical maidens, laurels and Coat of Arms, surrounded within an embossed border by Charles Dobbs of national emblems and oak leaf, with Royal seal below marked 'Not Transferable’ lower left. Ticket. 22cm x 26cm. Framed and glazed.
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Westminster Hall, was the scene of the coronation dinner for three hundred and twelve guests, watched by the peeresses in the gallery. Together with the Duke of Wellington, Howard of Effingham rode into hall escorting the hereditary King’s champion of England, Mr. Dymoke, attired in full armour and riding a horse, which had been hired from Astley's circus. When it came time to take its leave, Dymoke’s horse reared up rather than backed up, and in the end had to be ignominiously pulled out of the hall by its tail.
