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Samuel White Sweet (1825-86)
King William Street from Victoria Square, Adelaide 1881
Albumen print | 16.8 x 22.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2580722
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Photograph taken looking towards King William Street that is set apart from Victoria Square by a gate that runs horizntally through the frame and against which stand a man and a woman, both of whom face the viewer. On King William Street can be seen the tower of the Town Hall on the right. On the left is the General Post Office.
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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
16.8 x 22.0 cm (image)
Alternative title(s)
King William Street from Victoria Square. [The Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882. Volume III, Bermuda, South America, Cape Town, Australia].
