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Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales (Later King Edward VII)

Textile Label

Alexander Glassen & Co., Calcutta

Chromolithograph

2024.00836

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Depicts Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales in regal splendour, flanked by Indian attendants. Such labels were attached to bolts of cloth as marketing devices but often transcended commerce, becoming icons of loyalty, aspiration, or devotion.

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