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Public buildings, Bridgetown, Barbados 1879-80
Albumen print | 13.4 x 23.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2580381
Public buildings, Bridgetown, Barbados 1879-80
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Photograph of municipal buildings along edge of harbour (church and Parliament Building), numerous horses and carts and people and cargo along water's edge; boats moored in foreground.
This is a photograph from one of the nine albums compiled following Prince Albert Victor (1864-92) and Prince George of Wales' (1865-1936) world tour aboard HMS Bacchante from 1879 to 1882. The photographs were collected by their chaperon and tutor, John Neale Dalton.
The majority of the images in these albums are topographical views and architectural studies, loosely arranged according to the group’s itinerary. They include photographs of artefacts, local people and public figures, as well as portraits of the princes taken during the tour. The attempt to recreate the experience of a journey through such an assortment of images is common to many amateur travelling albums of this period. In 1886, some of the photographs in the albums were reproduced as engravings in the published accounts of the voyage, The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Bacchante, 1879-1882.Provenance
Album compiled by the Reverend J N Dalton (1839-1931) and presented to King George V
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
13.4 x 23.8 cm (image)
Alternative title(s)
Barbados, Dec 25, 1879 to Jan 5 1880. [] Public buildings, Bridgetown. [The Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882. Volume II, West Indies].
