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PRINCE ALFRED, DUKE OF EDINBURGH AND SAXE-COBURG & GOTHA, 2ND SON OF QUEEN VICTORIA (1844-1900)

Members of the Royal party resting by the 'White Train' while camping by a river in South Africa

circa 1860

RCIN 2917616

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. From Port Elizabeth he proceeded by land in a strenuous trip of five weeks by mule wagon and on horse-back which formed the so-called 'White Train'. The Prince, who had learnt the rudiments of photography before the visit, took with him a double stereoscopic box camera and other photographic materials and equipment. This photograph shows some men of the Royal party resting during an "outspan".

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