The taking of the oath by Edward the Confessor, Winchester mb-artist Johanne_Baptist_Homann All three of them are

All three of them are wearing hooped skirts

This relates to the recently signed Treaty of San Stefano which confirmed the terms of peace between Turkey and Russia

Here the band led by singer Freddie Garrity are pictured making their way around the city on bicycle

the stage of the first gallery slightly raised

The taking of the oath by Edward the Confessor, Winchester mb-artist Johanne_Baptist_Homann All three of them areThe taking of the oath by Edward the Confessor, Winchester, 1042, (1902). Illustration from The Illustrated London News Record of The Coronation Service and Ceremony, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, (London, 1902).