An admission ticket to the state funeral of the Duke of Wellington, which took place at St Paul's Cathedral on 18 November 1852
The card (117 × 183 mm) is blind-embossed with the seal of the Earl Marshal of England and printed lithographically with decorative border, ducal coronet, and the text: 'Funeral of the Late Field Marshal The Duke of Wellington, K.G. Admit [left blank] to St. Paul's Cathedral. Norfolk, Earl Marshal'. The seat number (1479) is handwritten in ink; its location in the Cathedral ('Nave. North Side') is printed. Apart from a tiny light stain to the (blank pink) verso, the card is in excellent condition.
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