Title

The Prince of Wales opening the new North Docks at Liverpool, 1881. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

The Prince of Wales opening the new North Docks at Liverpool, 1881. 'The Prince and Princess, on their arrival, were greeted with loud cheers, the band of the Orphanage striking up "God Bless the Prince of Wales"...The Prince [future King Edward VII] opened the Langton Dock by moving a lever, when the ponderous gates, acted upon by hydraulic power, opened slowly and almost noiselessly...The handle was removed from the lever, and found to be a handsome hunting-knife, which was placed in its scabbard and presented to the Prince as a souvenir of the occasion'. From "Illustrated London News", 1881.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM25A42_163

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Droits gérés

Available size

41.7Mo (4.3Mo) / 28.3cm x 36.9cm / 3343 x 4356 (300dpi)

Keywords

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