The King German Emperor and Royal Mourners
Category
Photographs
Date
1890 - 1910
Materials
Card
Measurements
89 x 179 mm
Order this imageCollection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1520678.35
Summary
A monochrome albumen print stereograph showing a bareheaded George VII walking in procession followed by a group of men in full military uniform and a subsequent group of women in mourning dress. The party is accompanied by soldiers wearing bearskin hats with reversed arms. The route is lined by soldiers in dress uniforms wearing bearskin hats. The images are mounted on stiff curved dark grey card with rounded edges. The images have arched tops and straight bottoms. Recto: Printed in black ink under the images: "The King German Emperor and Royal Mourners Copyrighted by M. E. Wright" In the left margin printed in italic, "Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours. Hollingreave Road. Burnley" In the right margin, "Excelsior Stereoscopic Tours. M E Wright Publisher" Verso: blank
Provenance
Part of the Fenton Collection. A gift from British Film Institute in 2017. From 1986-1999, part of BFI collection for the Museum of the Moving Image. BFI purchased collection in 1986 from James Fenton's Museum of Photography, Port Erin, Isle of Man 1976-1986