The West Front: Title
Date1891
Artist
John Sloan
(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871–1951)
Illustration CitationWestminster Abbey: Six Etchings with Selections (Troy, New York: Nims & Knight, 1891).
MediumEtching
Dimensionsplate: 3 3/16 × 4 13/16 in. (8.1 × 12.2 cm)
sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 9/16 in. (20 × 26.8 cm)
sheet: 7 7/8 × 10 9/16 in. (20 × 26.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Helen Farr Sloan, 2014
Object number2014-246.3
On View
Not on viewClassificationsBOOK
Label TextThis page depicts the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. The oak chair was made for King Edward I in 1300–01 to house the Stone of Scone which he brought from Scotland. English monarchs have been crowned in the chair since 1308.
