HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in a Carriage Procession at...

Major John E. Chapman Matthews (1842 - 1927). Oil painting on canvas, HRH Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), in a carriage procession at Brighton, by Major John E.Chapman Matthews (1842 - 1927), 1880. The Prince of Wales, later Edward VII, is shown leaving Brighton Pavilion with a Captain's escort of the Middlesex Yeomanry on the occasion of its opening in 1880. In the carriage are the Prince of Wales, Princess Alexandra and their three daughters, the Princess Royal, the Princess Maud, Queen of Norway, and Princess Victoria. In the foreground is Major Henry John Tritton, with five other members of his family depicted to the left of the carriage: Emmeline Caroline Alexandra Tritton, Anna Isabella Tritton (wife of Major Tritton), her brother, Colonel James Hornby Buller, and to his left, Mildred Isabella Tritton. In front of her is Blanche Georgina Hornby Tritton. The artist can be identified as the Captain seen to the left of the carriage. Lanhydrock, Cornwall (Accredited Museum)