Fame Gallery

Naval princes D880032

OSBORNE HOUSE, Isle of Wight. The Ryde Album. Naval group, mostly relatives of Queen Victoria, including (left to right): Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh and Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha (second son); possibly Prince Leopold Duke of Albany (grandson); Edward Prince of Wales (eldest son and soon to be King Edward VII, seated); Prince Henry of Prussia (grandson); probably Prince Louis of Battenberg (grandson by marriage); Prince George Duke of York (grandson, later to be George V).
This photograph must predate 1900 when Prince Alfred passed away, handing the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg Gotha to his nephew Leopold

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Wellingtons last procession K020718

WALMER CASTLE, Kent. Watercolour. After the Late Duke of Wellington's death at Walmer Castle in September 1852 he was honoured with an official state occasion at St Paul's Cathedral, London. This picture shows the massed ranks of soldiers and well-wishers lining the route as well as the cortege

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Cathedral, Painting, Wellington

Down House, cupboard under the stairs J980016

DOWN HOUSE, Kent. Interior view. Items stored in the cupboard under the stairs. For many years Darwin was too reticent to publish his theory and so hid his papers in the cupboard under the stairs in an envelope marked Only to be opened in the event of my death

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Artefact, Darwin