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H.M. State Yacht Victoria & Albert, leaving Gravesend with their Royal Highnesses the Prince & Princess Frederick William of Prussia, February 2nd 1858...

Object summary

Title
H.M. State Yacht Victoria & Albert, leaving Gravesend with their Royal Highnesses the Prince & Princess Frederick William of Prussia, February 2nd 1858...
Object ID
CC-R-0166
Date made
1858
Place made

United Kingdom, Greater London, London

Printer
Day & Son Ltd.
Printmaker
Dutton, Thomas Goldsworth
Publisher
Foster, William
Object type
Lithograph
Major collection
Nautical
Named collection
Arthur H. Clark Collection
On view
No
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Description

The dressed HMY 'Victoria & Albert II' leaving the Terrace Pier of Gravesend on February 2nd 1858. On board are the Prince and Princess Frederick William of Prussia. The HMS vessels on the right side of the print are also dressed in flags. Sailors man the yards on the HMS 'Lapwing,' and HMS 'Alacrity.' Green hills and a spire of the nearby town are visible in the background.

Inscriptions

Type
stamp
Location
recto, bottom left
Text
Clark Collection MIT
Type
graphite
Location
recto, bottom right
Text
12-24
Type
graphite
Location
verso
Text
R166

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