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O-6461
• print
• A court in the Colonies: Buckingham Palace Reproduced in Canada
O-6461 • print • A court in the Colonies: Buckingham Palace Reproduced in Canada
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Specifications
| Artists | The Illustrated London News (publisher) • Jarvis Studio (photographer) |
|---|---|
| Date | 1908/01/11 |
| Inscriptions |
A COURT IN THE COLONIES: BUCKINGHAM PALACE REPRODUCED IN CANADA.
PHOTOGRAPH BY THE JARVIS STUDIO
THE ILLUSTRADED LONDON NEWS, JAN 11 1908. -56
A DRAWING ROOM HELD BY EARL GREY. GOVERNOR GENERAL OF CANADA, AFTER THE OPENINGO THE CANADIAN PARLIAMENT.
This interesting flashlight of the Drawing-room after the recent opening of the Canadian Parliament was taken by special permission of his Excellency Earl Grey. The picture, which includes their Excellencies Earl and Countess Grey, the Governor-general ot (sic) Canada and his wife, also includes
photographs (on the right) of some of the principal Ministers of the Crowne – namely, the Hon W.S. Fielding, Finance Minister; the Hon. Frank Oliver, Minister of Interior; the Hon. Dr. Pugsley, Minister of Public works. The picture created great interest in Canada on account of its being the first
photograph of the kind ever taken at the Canadian capital.
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| Materials | ink |
| Support | paper, unidentified |
| Personal Names | Albert Henry George Grey • William Stevens Fielding • Frank Oliver • William Pugsley |
| Dimensions (cm) | 40.0 (Width) • 27.0 (Height) |
| Functions | Documentary artifact |