The Royal Hand-Bell Ringers With Their Carillon of 131 Bells
Photograph
Unidentified
Maker
The Royal Hand-Bell Ringers With Their Carillon of 131 Bells
July 14, 1881
Albumen silver print
Image: 9.4 x 14.3 cm
Mount: 10.7 x 15.3 cm
Purchase, ex-collection Fred S. Lightfoot
Inscriptions verso (printed in black ink): THIRTEEN TIMES / HONORED BY / ROYAL AND IMPERIAL / PATRONAGE AND COMMAND. / THE ROYAL HAND-BELL RINGERS / [POLAND STREET, LONDON] / WITH THEIR CARILLON OF 131 BELLS, / As (for the Third Time) before / HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, / AT MARLBOROUGH HOUSE JULY 14TH, 1881./ PERFORMERS: / (1.) Mr. A.G. PRITCHARD. (2.) Mr. J.H. WILLIAMS. / (3.) Mr. D.S. MILLER, 53, Richmond Terrace, Clapham Road, London, S.W. / (4.) Mr. H. HAVART. (5.) Mr. W.J. HAVART. / The Band has also had the honor of appearing before / HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN at Windsor Castle and at Osborne; / Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales; Their Majesties the King of the Belgians, / the King of Sweden and Norway, the King and Queen of Greece, &c., &c. / And are the ONLY Campanologists who have attained these distinctions.
(stamped): 25
(stamped): 25
