THRONE INVESTITURE 1876 Sir John Gilbert - Henry Melville ANTIQUE ENGRAVING

Original 1876 11 3/4 inch x 8 3/4 inch Steel Engraving titled THE THRONE INVESTITURE
The interior of St. James’s Palace with the young Queen Victoria investing a Knight of the Garter, with courtiers and ladies in waiting.

Engraved by Henry Melville (1792-1870)
After Sir John Gilbert (1817 - 1897). Sir John Gilbert worked initially for his father's estate agency, before turning to art. In 1836 he began exhibiting at the Royal Society of British Artists and the British Institution, and from 1842 he was the first artist to contribute historical scenes to the Illustrated London News, making a total of 30,000 illustrations in forty years. Gilbert began to paint in watercolour in 1851; he was elected to the Old Water Colour Society in 1854 and was its President in 1871. He became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1872 and a Royal Academician in 1876.
Lettered beneath the title: St. James’s Palace of a Knight of the Garter
From ‘The Royal History of England from the Earliest Period to the Present Time’ by Henry Tyrrell, W.C. Staffordf and John Sherer, Published in 1876 by J.G. Murdoch, 41, Castle Street, Holborn, London.

Image size 6 1/2 inch x 5 3/4 inch

The engraving is in very good condition with minor warping. Reverse side blank.