3-017-002 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Volunteer Review in Hyde Park [London]: general view, 1864. '...the Prince and Princess of Wales came not only to witness the affair, but his Royal Highness took an active part in it as commander of his own brigade. This circumstance, with the general popularity of the young couple, as well as the growing interest that is felt in the volunteer movement drew together a...[large] multitude of all ranks and classes of the people...[The engraving shows] the Prince [future King Edward VII] with his immediate companions as they...passed in front of the seats reserved for spectators... As soon as the Royal party arrived at the flagstaff, the volunteers gave the usual salute and the united bands of the Household Brigade played the Rational Anthem. The Prince of Wales, accompanied by Prince Louis and the Duke of Cambridge, rode along the front and rear of the assembled troops, inspecting the different corps with considerable interest, and when he had arrived at the Hon. Artillery Company his Royal Highness placed himself at the head of the corps, of which he is Colonel. The Hon. Artillery Company led off the Prince of Wales's Brigade ...The first battalion of the Hon. Artillery Company was warmly cheered'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.