Ticket, admission ticket

This is a ticket of admission to King Edward VII's coronation dinner on 5th July 1902. The ornate design incorporates portraits of the King and Queen, along with an African male figure reaching out to clasp the hand of a white female figure. The ticket was designed by H. Banks. Attached to the back there is an explanation of the design: 'The Portraits rest upon a stone base to indicate the strength of the Empire. The feet of the figure are hidden behind the stone base to convey the idea that there are steps leading up to it, to typify a new reign. The Sun shown in full means the Empire over which the sun never sets. The white girl and the black man typify the furthest extremes of the Empire joined in good fellowship.'