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    PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA (1844-1900)

    Gathering of Zulu

    c. 1860

    Albumen print | 7.1 x 7.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2917615

    Photograph showing a crowd of Zulu standing or crouching in field, with shields and spears. One man standing centre left, wears European clothes.



    In July to September 1860 Prince Alfred paid an official visit to South Africa while serving as a midshipman on board HMS Euryalus. His tour took him through the Cape Colony, Eastern Cape, Natal and the Orange Free State. The Prince, who had learnt the rudiments of photography before the visit, took with him some photographic equipment including a stereoscopic box camera.

    • Creator(s)

      Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg & Gotha (1844-1900) (photographer)

      Subject(s)

      Zulu

    • 7.1 x 7.7 cm (image)

    • [Historic Title] Gathering of tribes, South Africa

    • From an album of photographs taken and compiled by Prince Alfred

    • Subject(s)
      • Places
        • Africa
          • Southern Africa
            • South Africa
              • King William's Town [South Africa]
      Object type(s)
        • visual works
          • photographs
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