Print:Photographic
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| Nom de l'objet : | Print:Photographic |
| Catégorie de l'objet : | 8: Communication Artifact |
| Sous-catégorie de l'objet : | Documentary Artifact |
| Discipline : | Local History |
| Numéro d'accession : | 986.14(A) |
| Culture : | Canadian |
| Date de début de production : | 1901 |
| Description : | FRAMED: 104.4 CM. X 82 CM. PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRINCE & PRINCESS OF WALES & SUITE (NINE PEOPLE),TAKEN ON THE BALCONY OF THE QUEEN'S ROYAL HOTEL, OCTOBER 1901. THE PRINCE & PRINCESS ARE SEATED IN THE FOREGROUND WITH TWO OTHER DIGNITARIES(MALE AND FEMALE). FOUR WOMEN AND THREE MEN ARE STANDING IN A ROW BEHIND THEM. THE BALCONY IS DECORATED WITH FLAGS AND CREST AND THREE MAPLE LEAFS. |
| Commentaires : | From "100 Years, 100 Artefacts" research compiled by James Mainprize The royal tour of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, 16 March 1901 - 1 November 1901, was undertaken for several reasons: to assert the pivotal role of the monarch as the unifying force of the empire, to thank those countries which had contributed forces to the war in South Africa, which was still being fought, and to open the first parliament of the new Commonwealth of Australia. The tour had been postponed by the death of Queen Victoria in January, 1901 but was actively promoted by the Secretary for the Colonies, Mr Joseph Chamberlain, and the First Lord of the Treasury, Mr Arthur Balfour, despite the misgivings of the new king, Edward VII. The Duke and Duchess visited Australia, South Africa, and Canada, landing at Quebec on 16th September and remained in Canada for a month. Accompanied by the Governor-General, the 4th Earl of Minto, and the Prime Minister, Sir Wilfred Laurier, for part of their journey, the royal couplevisited Montreal, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Regina, Calgary, Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Niagara, St John, Halifax, and St John's. Accompanying them as well were twelve officials of the Royal Household for the Duke and seven officials for the Duchess. Among them were Prince Alexander of Teck, the Duchess's brother, as an aide-de-camp, who later became the Earl of Athlone and Governor-General of Canada 1939-1945. One of the Duke's equerries was the Hon. Derek Keppel whose mother was the daughter of Sir Alan MacNab of Hamilton, Ontario. She had married her husband, later the 7th Earl of Albemarle, at Dundurn Castle in Hamilton. (Mr Derek Keppel's sister-in-law, the Hon. Mrs George Keppel, was Edward VII's mistress, and the great-grandmother of the present Duchess of Cornwall.) The tour was a huge success for the monarchy and empire and for the maturing of the Duke of Cornwall into his royal role. On November 9, 1901, his father, King Edward VII, created him Prince of Wales. As George V (1910-1936) he succeeded his father as king nine years later. |
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| Ville de l'établissement : | Niagara-on-the-Lake |
| Province de l'établissement : | Ontario |
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