GEORGE V (1865-1936, King of Great Britain)

Superb albumen print cabinet photo by J. E. Livernois of Quebec, signed with the place and date, showing the young Prince half length, wearing his midshipman's uniform, 6½” x 4¼”, Halifax,

Jules-Ernest LIVERNOIS (1851-1933) was a Canadian Photographer and Businessman. For almost 100 years three generations of the Livernois family dominated the art, practice, and business of photography in Quebec City. From 1854 to 1865 the firm was led by the founder, Jules-Isaïe Benoît, dit Livernois, and from 1866 to 1873 by his widow Élise L'Herault, dit L'Heureux, and her son-in-law Louis Bienvenu. Jules-Ernest Livernois, the son of Jules-Isaïe and Élise, later took over the enterprise. In 1898 his son Jules assumed Jules-Ernest's responsibilities for photography and, in all likelihood, the management of the business after the death of the latter.
The Prince at the time was commander of HMS Thrush which had been launched on 22nd June 1889. Her first station was the North America and West Indies Station based at the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Thrush arrived at Bermuda with Prince George in command on 18th July 1890, with a torpedo boat in tow, and later proceeded to Halifax.

Item Date:  1890

Stock No:  42592      £775

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