Photograph of a view of William Street, Melbourne, taken from the middle of the road. There is a horse and cart to the left and a group of people and a carriage in the distance. The roads leads down to the city docks. 

While the title refers to the photograph having been taken at Pitt Street, Sydney, the image actually shows William Street in Melbourne. 

Using diary entries that purportedly formed the basis of the published accounts of the two Prince's voyage on board HMS Bacchante in the book of the same name published in 1886, The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship Bacchante, 1879-1882, Prince Albert Victor and Prince George recorded their admiration for the 'magnificence' of the public buildings of Melbourne. 

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.