Sepia albumen print
Acc.no: PEZPH : 2016.50.655
Identification
Item: Prince and Princess of Wales arrival at Grampound Road Station, (Truro) Cornwall.
Description: This photograph forms part of a series: 2016.50.655 - 671 relating to the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Cornwall in 1903. It was taken on Tuesday 14, July 1903 as the Prince and Princess arrived at Grampound Road Station about 4pm at the start of a visit to Cornwall that would take in Truro Cathedral, the Marconi station at Poldhu and Falmouth. The Prince of Wales would later become King George V and his wife Queen Mary but at the time of the photograph his father, Edward VII was King. The getting into the carriage with his hat obscuring his face, is Lord Falmouth, their host. The carriage was drawn by four caparisoned chestnut horses.
Condition: Good
Description
Material: Photographic paper
Production
Method: Printed
Category: Photography
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