2-720-331 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Visitors Being Introduced To The Dean: 'Colonial and Indian Visitors at Canterbury', 1886. 'A large party of Colonists and Indians connected with the Colinderies visited Canterbury [in Kent] on July 30th'. 'Colinderies' was an acronym for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, organised under the patronage of the Prince of Wales, at South Kensington in 1886. Here they are recieved by the Archbishop at Christchurch Gate, the principal entrance to the cathedral. The gateway was built between 1504 and 1521. From "The Graphic", 7 August 1886.