• Print, Lithograph on Paper, Uncolored, A VIEW OF THE GRAND FÉTE ON PARKER'S PIECE, CAMBRIDGE, TO CELEBRATE THE CORONATION OF HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA, JUNE 28TH, 1838
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    Uncolored lithograph of an aerial view of the Grand Féte in Cambridge to celebrate the coronation of Queen Victoria on June 28th, 1838. Shows a pavilion in the center with long dining tables radiating out from the center. Caption says 15,000 were seated for dinner at these tables. Spectators surround the area, which the caption says totaled around 17,000 people. A balloon is aloft in the background. 'Drawn on the Spot & Lithd by G. Scharf. Metcalfe & Palmer, Lithog. Cambridge.'

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