Grand procession at Plymouth on first dispatch of Cape mails
Grand procession to celebrate the port of Plymouth opening up as a Government Mail-packet Station. The Corporations of Plymouth and Devonport conveyed the first dispatch of Cape mails from the Post Office in a grand procession (pictured) through the town to the Steamship Bosphorus, waiting to receive them
Picture No
12907060
Media ID
46125207
Size
4803px x 3522px
(3.3MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed engraving in The Illustrated London News, 28 December 1850, p505
Date
1850
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