The two officiating bishops behind the throne are wearing white copes with blue orphreys.
See also another of Pearse’s paintings, depicting three bishops carrying regalia.
Royal Collection online catalogue (retrieved 7 June 2016).
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Archbishop of Canterbury Crowning George V
Archbishop of Canterbury crowning George V, 1911, by Alfred Pearse (1855-1933).
Royal Collection Trust / © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2014, RCIN 923171.
In the Royal Collection, London, there is a series of water colour vignettes by the English painter and cartoonist, Alfred Pearse (1855-1933). One of these vignettes depicts the moment when the Archbishop of Canterbury crowns King George V of Great Britain, on 22 June 1911. The archbishop is wearing a highly decorated cope in red with embroidered orphreys down the front opening.
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