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Calcutta, Bombay & Simla : Bourne & Shepherd (active 1864-1900s)
King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, with Sir Henry Ramsay and their Party 1875-6
Albumen print | 10.2 x 13.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2114204
Calcutta, Bombay & Simla : Bourne & Shepherd (active 1864-1900s)
King Edward VII, when Prince of Wales, with Sir Henry Ramsay and their Party 1875-6
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Photograph of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910) with Sir Henry Ramsay (1816-93) and their party. There are eighteen men arranged in three rows. The Prince of Wales is sitting at the centre of the middle row wearing a dark jacket. Sir Henry Ramsay is beside him to the left. All are wearing suits and most are holding a hat. There is a tent behind them and a rug on the grass in front of them.
This is one of a series of photographs from a published volume documenting the tour the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, made of India in 1875-76. Sir Henry Ramsay was a very successful Commissioner of the Kumaon and Garwhal districts of India and hosted the Prince during that part of his visit.Provenance
Presented to Alexandra, Princess of Wales by her husband the Prince of Wales at Christmas 1876
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
10.2 x 13.7 cm (image)
Alternative title(s)
NO. 104. GROUP : HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS WITH SIR H. RAMSAY AND PARTY.
