Vintners' Hall Council Chamber, London - Engraving by E. Radclyffe
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Vintners' Hall Council Chamber, London - Engraving by E. Radclyffe

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Original steel engraving with the council chamber of Vintners' Hall, seat of the wine merchants' guild of the City of London: the members gathered round the table under the glass chandelier, with the royal portraits on the walls, the carved chimneypiece and the liveried mace-bearers at the left. Signed H. Melville and E. Radclyffe at the foot.

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Original steel engraving with the council chamber of Vintners' Hall, seat of the wine merchants' guild of the City of London: the members gathered round the table under the glass chandelier, with the royal portraits on the walls, the carved chimneypiece and the liveried mace-bearers at the left. Signed H. Melville and E. Radclyffe at the foot.

The Vintners' Company, chartered in 1363, is one of the twelve great livery companies of London, and to this day it shares with the Crown the right of ownership over the swans of the Thames.

Medium: Steel engraving.
Artist / after: Harden Sidney Melville (1824-1894).
Engraver: Edward Radclyffe (1809-1863).
Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.0 in (23.5 x 17.7 cm).
Condition: Good. A clean and crisp impression; paper with light toning and slightly uneven edges.

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