3-028-165 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Duke of Edinburgh at Penang: the Levee at the Court of Requests, 1870. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. K. Feilberg. 'Our correspondent proceeds to relate the visit of his Royal Highness Prince Alfred to this attractive spot: "When the news reached us that the Galatea and her Royal Captain would touch at our port on the way to Calcutta, loyalty was the prevailing feeling amongst us. All the different nationalities contended in emulation to express their devotion to the Queen by their welcome to her son and representative. The town burst out in decoration...Having made a progress of the town, during which lie was greeted with immense enthusiasm, he held a levee at the Court of Requests, which was most numerously attended, the Chinese merchants appearing in mandarin costume. No address was presented by the Europeans, as it was wished to spare him the formalities as much as possible'. From "Illustrated London News", 1870.