George III coronation at Westminster Abbey copperplate engraving 1761

George III (1738-1820). A Perspective View of Westminster Abbey, from the High Altar to the West end, shewing the manner of his Majesty’s Crowning. Sept. 22, 1761.
 
Engraved copperplate, 240 × 210 mm (plate area), on laid paper. Single-sheet engraved plate. Folded vertically into five panels, with three or four short closed tears at fold intersections and margins; light surface wear and mild toning consistent with age. The engraved title at head fully legible. Overall, good. 
 
A detailed ceremonial interior view of Westminster Abbey depicting the coronation of King George III on 22 September 1761. The scene is shown from the High Altar looking westwards, with the monarch enthroned beneath a canopy and surrounded by bishops, peers, officers of state, and members of the royal household. Galleries are crowded with spectators, and the plate is lettered throughout to correspond with an explanatory key, indicating its original issue within a formal printed account of the coronation.
 
Plates of this type were produced for inclusion in official or semi-official coronation publications and were frequently removed from their parent volumes in the later eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for separate sale or display.