SILK PROGRAMME OF THE STATE PERFORMANCE AT THE ROYAL OPERA, COVENT GARDEN, 4 JULY 1893

produced for a State Performance at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden in honour of the marriage two days later of Prince George the Duke of York to Princess Mary of Teck, printed in brown ink with photographic portraits by Walery in roundels of Queen Victoria (top centre), her son Prince Albert (below right), his wife Princess Alexandra (below left), their son Prince George the Duke of York and his fiancée Princess May of Teck (centre), Dame Nellie Melba, and Sir Augustus Harris (below), with the cast list of Gounoud's Romeo et Juliette, performed in French with Mme Melba as Juliette and Jean de Reszke as Romeo, in very good condition, mounted, framed and glazed, 61 x 42cm.