Presentation of colours to the marine battalion by H R H Prince of Wales in 1895

1906.1

Presentation of colours to the marine battalion by H R H Prince of Wales in 1895

1906.1

Description

This is the first exhibit purchased by the museum before the formation of the Prince of Wales Museum Act, of 1909. It has purchased from Mr Glassby and accepted by the museum committee in a meeting held on 4th September 1906.

Sydney Prior Hall was a British portrait painter and illustrator. He was one of the leading artists of the illustrated newspaper ‘The Graphic’. He was appointed as the special artist to accompany the Prince of Wales's tour to India in 1875-76 for about a period of seven and half months to document various royal events and meetings. His watercolour paintings and drawings were exhibited at the South Kensington Museum alongside the Prince’s gifts from India.