3-065-745 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Strewing flowers before the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at Gravesend, 1874. Small girls scatter snowdrops to mark the arrival in England of Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, with his new bride, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia. '...the Duke and Duchess were met by the Mayor...Her Imperial Highness was attired in a purple velvet mantle edged with fur, a pale blue silk dress, and white bonnet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.