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

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.