Royal Fanfare: An Exhibition of Rare Engravings, Photographs, and Royal Souvenirs
About the Exhibit
Toronto Public Library is pleased to announce the second exhibition in the newly expanded TD Gallery, located on the main floor of the Toronto Reference Library. Featuring original material from Toronto Public Library's Special Collections, Royal Fanfare showcases royal celebrations and court festivals from the 16th to the 20th century: birthdays, coronations, weddings, funerals and state visits. Festival books illustrate grand processions of knights, horses and carriages, magnificent floats, and fireworks. Royal collectibles, toys and games demonstrate how people experienced and commemorated these grand state occasions.
Exhibit Highlights:
- Lavishly illustrated court festival books from the 16th to 19th century documenting spectacular public performances at royal weddings and coronations.
- Images of fireworks, pageantry, elaborate ballrooms and dining halls, and extravagantly decorated town squares of yesterday.
- An outstanding birthday book inscription: For our dear little Georgie [the future King George V] on his sixth birthday from his loving and affectionate Papa and Mama [the future King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra].
- A Princess Elizabeth paper doll, educational puzzles, and an optical illusion.
- Photographs and souvenirs of the official visits to Canada by Edward VII, George V, Edward VIII, George Vl, and Queen Elizabeth II.
Her Majesty Victoria I. Visit to the City of London on the 9th of November, 1837
Plate printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1789-1850
London, England, 1837
From: Reports relating to the entertainment of Her Majesty the Queen, in the Guildhall of the City of London, on Lord Mayor's Day, 1837
London: Arthur Taylor, 1838
Plate printed by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, 1789-1850
London, England, 1837
From: Reports relating to the entertainment of Her Majesty the Queen, in the Guildhall of the City of London, on Lord Mayor's Day, 1837
London: Arthur Taylor, 1838
