THE OFFICERS OF H.M.S. BACCHANTE [ALBERT VICTOR (Christian Edward, Duke of Clarence, 1864-1892, Eldest Son of Edward VII) & GEORGE V (1865-1936, King of Great Britain)]

Exceptional original large unsigned photo showing the officers grouped together on the deck of the Bacchante, Eddie is seated crosslegged in the front and George is standing in the next row, all are in uniform, 11" x 7" in mount with the manuscript title, 12" x 10", Bacchante, circa

The Princes were privately educated until 1877, when they were sent to join the training ship Britannia at Dartmouth, despite the fact that Prince George was only 12. In 1879 they went on a three years' cruise in H.M.S. Bacchante, which sailed round the world and visited most of the British colonies.
In 1882 they left the East and returned by Colombo to Suez, spent a month's sightseeing in Egypt, after which they crossed to Jaffa and made their way on horseback through the Holy Land. On 6 May they rejoined the Bacchante at Beirut and crossed to Athens, where for ten days the brothers were the guests of their maternal uncle, King George of the Hellenes, before returning home through the Mediterranean.

Item Date:  1882

Stock No:  32241      £1250

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