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Royal Isle of Wight Infirmary and County Hospital: exterior with Queen Victoria and attendants visiting, 1899. Photograph. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.
The Queen is visible on the back seat, facing towards the camera and sheltered by a parasol
Photograph taken on Friday 19 July 1899, shortly after 6.00 p.m., when Queen Victoria opened the Queen Victoria Ward for Children. According to Laidlaw, op. cit. p. 27, a short service was conducted by the Bishop, and the Queen, remaining in her coach, was then handed a silver disk which she pressed, thereby opening the doors of the ward
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