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👑 1860 PRINCE OF WALES 🇺🇸SOUVENIR HANDKERCHIEF 🇬🇧
🏛️ A matching handkerchief is held in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago!🇺🇸
Framed cotton souvenir handkerchief commemorating the Prince of Wales’s 1860 visit to North America, printed by Henry Bowen’s Chemical Print in Boston, Massachusetts.
Features a detailed portrait of young Prince Albert Edward, Queen Victoria’s eldest son and the future King Edward VII, dressed in military uniform. Historical text flanks the portrait, surrounded by an ornate border with a crown above and an eagle below.
Copperplate-printed on cotton and presented under glass. The inscription reads “Visit of His Royal Highness Prince of Wales to America, 1860.”
The tour included Canada and the United States, with the prince opening Montreal’s Victoria Bridge and visiting Niagara Falls.
📏 Listed dimensions: 17¾ × 16 inches.
A fascinating piece for collectors of royal memorabilia, Victorian textiles and early Canadian history.
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