Title

Funeral of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge - the Procession at Kew, 1850. Creator: Smyth.

Caption

Funeral of His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge - the Procession at Kew, [west London], 1850. Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, was the tenth child and seventh son of the British king George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 'The funeral arrangements were of the most unostentatious description - this being also in strict accordance with the illustrious Duke's wishes; and still further to insure the privacy of the ceremonial, it was ordered that the procession should move from Cambridge House shortly after six in the morning and that the interment should take place shortly after ten o'clock...the mortal remains of this estimable Prince were conveyed to their temporary resting-place, in a vault beneath Kew Church...The entrance porch and floor of the church were covered with black cloth...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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HRM22A33_417

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Keywords

London England people event crowd crowds British royal death war Victorian century procession Britain newspapers press soldiers soldier royalty concept B&W funeral engraved engraving Kew 19th century black & white black and white B W Duke hearse nineteenth century The Print Collector cortege Duke of Cambridge Illustrated London News Richmond upon Thames royal event TGN ILN newspaper Smyth Duke of Adolphus Frederick Duke of Cambridge Cambridge processional Prince Adolphus cortège 19th-century