2-981-987 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Prince's Voyage Home from India: life on board the Serapis: an Evening Entertainment, from a sketch by an officer of the Serapis, 1876. The future King Edward VII enjoys amateur theatricals involving 'blacked up' sailors. 'The "Evening Entertainment" was a performance of the amateur troop of Christy Minstrels, under the able management of Lieutenant Smith-Dorrien, R.N. Our Illustration shows the pretty little stage erected on the poop, with his Royal Highness seated in an easy-chair to the left of the table in the middle'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.