H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh and suite in mining costume after descending The Band of Hope Gold Mine, Ballarat, Australia. Decr. 10th 1867.

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[Title from printed caption on mount]. Albumen print photograph, carte de visite format, 102 x 62 mm (mount), recto of mount with gilt-lettered caption and gilt border around the print; no photographer s imprint; verso (as in other examples) with 3 decorative cartouches in gilt for mounting small portraits; the print has mottling in the negative, as well as a couple of surface scratches and a light mark to the right of the Duke s head. Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh s visit of 1867-68 was the first to the Australian colonies by a member of the royal family, a momentous event which created enormous public interest. In March 1868 he would survive an assassination attempt at Clontarf, Sydney, when he was shot in the back by an Irish nationalist, Henry James O Farrell. The following report of the royal visit to The Band of Hope mine was published in the Melbourne newspaper The Australasian on 14 December, 1867: It was not to be expected that the Duke would visit Ballarat without going to see some of its more celebrated claims, and accordingly a visit to tho Band of Hope formed one of the principal features in the programme of the Reception Committee. His Royal Highness left Craig s Hotel at a little after 2 on his way to the claim, driving himself a drag and four in hand. Seated in tho same vehicle were Lord Newry, the Hon. Eliot Yorke, and Mr. Verdon. Proceeding along, the Sebastopol Boad, the Royal party passed through two large triumphal arches, and arrived at the Band of Ho

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