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Prince's Buildings, Port of Spain, Trinidad 1880
Albumen print | 15.2 x 20.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2580409
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Photograph of a large low building with first-floor verandah supported on colonnade. The building was used as a concert hall, where members of the HMS Bacchante party saw an oratario of "Elijah" performed on the evening of 14 January 1880. Viewed across lawn and trees.
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
15.2 x 20.6 cm (image)
Alternative title(s)
Prince's Buildings. [The Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882. Volume II, West Indies].
