Historical information

Printed invitation one of 4 invitaions in the set ,to invite Mr & Mrs H. H. Bradley from His Majesty's Ministers of State for Australia to Celebrtae the Opening Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia to meet their Royal Highness The Duke and Dutchess of Cornwell and York. To an evening reception at the Exhibition Building Melbourne on the 9th of May 1901, at 8 o'clock

Significance

Signficant collection of 4 invitatons of national signficance Plus a printed Momento from the Duke and Dutchess 00533 Evening reception to Meet the Duke and Dutchess
00534 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria
00535 Invitaion from Edmund Barton the Prime Minister
00536 Invitaion from the Govenment of Victoria for a conversazione 07/05/1901 at 8 pm

Physical description

Mounted offset print. The print is mounted on brown mount board. The print has an embossed seal of Duke and Dutchess of Cornwall and York. Printed invitation from the miniters of state to invite Mr and Mrs H H Bradley to attend the reception.Invitaion hand written. On the left is a maiden , dressed in red with a helment carrying a British Shield on the Right hand side is a maiden dressed in purple carrying a St shield . The print is bordered by vines and leaves with scrolls for text details.
The print has silver and gold highlights.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed: His Majesty's Ministers of State for the Commonwealth of Australia/ request the honour of the presence of... / in the Exhibition Building, Melbourne, on Thursday, 9th May, to witness/ the Opening of the Parliament of the Commonwealth./ Edmund Barton/ Prime Minister