Prince Wellington with two men sitting either side, and three women seated on the ground outside a house.
A landscape photograph of Prince Wellington [Uiliamu ʻUelingatoni Ngū Tupoumālohi] the Crown Prince of Tonga (1854-1885) sitting with an older man either side of him. Three Tongan women are sitting on the ground infront of the men. The corner of a wooden house with a veranda are in the background.
The photograph is captioned 'Natives. Tongatabu. Prince Wellington central figure.'
Dr R. W. Coppinger records being at Tongatapu, Friendly Islands, between 8 and 18 November 1880. He described Prince Wellington as 'most civil and obliging. He is a remarkably fine-looking man, being six feet two inches in height, and stout in proportion; his face beams with amiability and intelligence;...' [page 172]
The photograph is captioned 'Natives. Tongatabu. Prince Wellington central figure.'
Dr R. W. Coppinger records being at Tongatapu, Friendly Islands, between 8 and 18 November 1880. He described Prince Wellington as 'most civil and obliging. He is a remarkably fine-looking man, being six feet two inches in height, and stout in proportion; his face beams with amiability and intelligence;...' [page 172]
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