Panoramic Representation of the Queen’s Progress Through the City of London, on the 9th Nov. 1837,: displaying every Portion of the Royal and Civic Procession of that Memorable Day.

Woodcut hand-coloured panorama [9.7 x 182.5 cm, folding down to 9.2 x 10 cm], consisting of four sheets conjoined, crudely hand-coloured throughout, captions cut close, cropped and rubbed in places, final scene abit creased with expert repair on verso; concertina-folding into publisher's original buff wraps.

Rare survival of this panorama commemorating a unique event in a monarch's reign, with Queen Victoria paying the City of London a Royal Visit on Lord Mayor's Day in the first year of her reign, in accordance with custom.

'In the Temple Bar ceremony the Queen, or King, stops so that the Lord Mayor of London can present the Sword of State as a sign of loyalty. After the Temple Bar was removed this ceremony continued at the Temple Bar memorial and still occurs today. Possibly the memorial was erected primarily to allow this ceremony to continue' (see https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/queen-victoria-s-first-visit-to-the-city-of-london-as-queen).

The procession advances from right to left with references beneath the panorama image: 'Carriage of the Royal Family', 'Carriage of the Royal Family', 'Life Guards', 'Queen's Household', 'Sheriff's Carriage', 'Sheriff's Carriage', 'Lord Mayor's State Carriage', 'City Marshall', 'Common Councilmen', 'Sheriffs', 'Aldermen and Grooms', 'Late Lord Mayor', 'Common Crier and Sword Bearer', 'The Lord Mayor', 'Yeomen of the Guard', Queen's State Carriage' 'High Bailiff', and 'Temple Bar.'