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Lot 6
Fortunino Matania, R.I. (1881-1963)
Armistice Day celebrations in Trafalgar Square with H.R.H. King George V and H.R.H. Queen Mary looking on from a horse-drawn carriage
Closed7 October 2014
Price Realised
GBP 937
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Specialist note
'King and People in the streets of London, Armistice Day, 11 November 1918'.
"King George drove through London on Monday accompanied by the Queen and Princess Mary. It was all very simple and quite informal. His majesty, who was in naval uniform, had a great greeting from the dense crowd as he drove through the Mall and passed Admiralty Arch and across Trafalgar Square into the Strand. there was no mistaking the outburst of loyalty and sincerity in the greeting that their Majesties received. this informal mingling with the British and Overseas subjects was a kingly and happy idea. The crowds were delighted by the surprise of the visit and by the simplicity of the coming."
"King George drove through London on Monday accompanied by the Queen and Princess Mary. It was all very simple and quite informal. His majesty, who was in naval uniform, had a great greeting from the dense crowd as he drove through the Mall and passed Admiralty Arch and across Trafalgar Square into the Strand. there was no mistaking the outburst of loyalty and sincerity in the greeting that their Majesties received. this informal mingling with the British and Overseas subjects was a kingly and happy idea. The crowds were delighted by the surprise of the visit and by the simplicity of the coming."