3-071-167 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Evening Fete at the International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. 'One of the waiters; The Duchess of Albany's stall; Caught; Fisherman; The Princess of Wales' stall; A beautiful mystery; While you wait; A rose much prized; A successful fish; An eye on China; For the good of the church. [Entertainment] in aid of the fund for erecting an English church at Berlin...[The] Princess of Wales...joined in selling the floral "button-holes" and "shoulder-knots," supplied by flowers from the West Indies. The Duchess of Albany sold cups of tea at a stall in the Chinese Court, presided over by the Marchioness Tseng, wife of the Chinese Ambassador. The Marquis Tseng himself had painted fans to be sold upon this occasion, worked in embroidery by the Marchioness Tseng, and another Chinese artist in this line was actually at work on the spot... The fish pond, to angle in which visitors were charged five shillings, contained an unlimited supply of all sorts of articles, some of which were of a highly amusing nature, since shouts of hearty laughter frequently greeted the successful fisherman. The Prince of Wales was not slow to try his luck with the rod and line'. From "Illustrated London News", 1883.