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Landing at the Dockyard, Bombay

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Date

8th November 1875

Artist

Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/923295

Description

Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, landing at the dockyard in Bombay on 8 November 1875. Inscribed along the bottom and signed: The first step on Indian soil. / S. P. H. Bombay. In October 1875, Albert Edward, the eldest son of Queen Victoria, embarked on an extensive tour of the Indian subcontinent. The Prince visited more than 21 towns and cities before returning to England in May 1876. The Prince of Wales's tour of India was envisaged as a way of forging diplomatic links between the Indian rulers and the British Crown. The Prince exchanged gifts with each ruler he met and some of the most significant Indian works of art in the Royal Collection today were acquired during this tour. Sydney Prior Hall was a draughtsman and illustrator who worked for the Graphic, as well as a portrait painter. He was invited to accompany the tour of India made by the Prince of Wales as Special Artist, and his watercolours of India were exhibited in 1876 at the South Kensington Museum along with some of the gifts given to Albert Edward. Many of the drawings Hall made during the tour were also reproduced as illustrations to The Prince of Wales's Tour. A Diary in India (1877) by William Russell, the Prince's Honourable Private Secretary.

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Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018

Location

Gateway Of India Mumbai, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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