Peter Schlemihl, at the coronation, Robert Seymour, 1831

Below the title: 'popularity may be but a shadow, but then its not pleasant to be shadowless'. The duke of cumberland stands in the abbey, in magnificent coronation robes, wearing the george and holding a baton. He scowls downwards and to the right. He has no shadow, and this three persons standing by him have noticed with consternation; a little page bends forward, looking at the duke's feet; below him is the inscription 'lost or stolen a gentleman's shadow'. Behind is brougham in back view, wearing his chancellor's robes, wig, and a coronet; his shadow, burlesquing his profile, falls on one of the temporary partitions in the abbey. The vacant throne, heralds, and the occupants of a gallery are sketched in the background. Sep 19 1831 lithograph. Date: 1831. Dimensions: Height: 232 mm (image); Width: 377 mm. Medium: paper. Depicted People: Henry Peter, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux, . Collection: British Museum. Peter Schlemihl, at the coronation (BM 1868,0808.9392)