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The Cruise of HMS Bacchante 1879-82: Detached squadron from Milson's Point, North Shore, Sydney Jul 1881Aug 1881
Albumen print | 15.2 x 20.6 cm (image) | RCIN 2580879
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The Cruise of HMS Bacchante 1879-82: Detached squadron from Milson's Point, North Shore, Sydney Jul 1881Aug 1881
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Photograph of a squadron of seven ships in the bay with ?HMS Bacchante second from the left. in foreground a paddle steamer is moored alongside the quay with a horse on board. Standing on the quay are people with horses and carts.
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)
Detached squadron from Milson's Point, North Shore. [The Cruise of H.M.S. Bacchante 1879-1882. Volume IV, Australia, Fiji].
