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Collection Area Visual Arts Language Not applicable Subject Official Events and Ceremonies

1. Mss Eur F267/15(31)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F267/15(31)
Title:
[King George V and Queen Mary seated on the dais at the Delhi Durbar.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
View of the king and queen seated on the dais in the centre of the amphitheatre during the Delhi Durbar.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Dec 1911
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 4(1)
Title:
Proclamation of Empress of India, Delhi, January 1877. Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events General view of the assemblage, with crowds of spectators in the foreground. Contemporary notes on the mount beneath the print identify the amphitheatre for Europeans (at left), Lord Lytton's canopy (centre: the Viceroy can just be made out seated beneath the canopy), a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1 Jan 1877
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 7(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 7(1)
Title:
Preparations for the State Visit of the French President, India Office, London, 17 March 1939. Photographer: Photographic News Agencies Ltd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
17 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 7(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 7(2)
Title:
Inner Court of the India Office, London, in preparation for the visit of the French President, 23 March 1939. Photographer: Larkin Bros. Ltd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View from a similar vantage to the preceding print, but with chairs laid out for the performance and the stage prepared and decorated with flowers. Presumably taken immediately before the event.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 7(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 7(3)
Title:
[Inner Court of the India Office, London, in preparation for the visit of the French President.] Photographer: Larkin Bros. Ltd
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Almost identical to print 2.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
23 Mar 1939
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 20(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 20(15)
Title:
Durbar held when the Tongsa Penlop was presented with the insignia of the K.C.I.E. [Punakha, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View inside the durbar hall in the palace at Punakha. White's caption also supplies the following identifications of figures in the photograph: seated along left wall - Subadar Jahandad Khan (40th Pathans), A. W. Paul, Major Rennick, John Claude White; centre - Deb Raja...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 28/2(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 28/2(16)
Title:
The Maharajah of Bhurtpore [Bharatpur] at Durbar. Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed 'Shepherd & Robertson Photo' in the negative. Genre: Portrait Photography Portrait group showing the young Maharaja Jaswant Singh (c. 1850-1893), succeeded as minor 1853, ruled 1871-93, seated before a gathering of state officials. Retainers stand in the background. Thi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 204(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 204(2)
Title:
[Group portrait during] H.E. Lord Brabourne's visit to Primrose House, July 15th 1935. Photographer: Burke, Willie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Lord Brabourne was Governor of Bombay at the time.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
15 Jul 1935
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 211/1(94)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 211/1(94)
Title:
Lord Mayo receiving the Ameer of Cabul in State Durbar ar Umballa. Photog. by Major Taylor, A.D.C. Photographer: Taylor, Clarence Comyn
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Group portrait of the attendees of Lord Mayo's durbar at Ambala, seated beneath an awning. The heads of a number of the sitters (see in particular those in the right of the front row) appear to have been montaged onto the image. The sitters are identified as follows (fr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1869
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 355/3(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 355/3(29)
Title:
[The Amir of Afghanistan with the Viceroy, Lord Dufferin, and staff], Rawalpindi, 1885. Photographer: Burke, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography Group standing on steps outside a bungalow, a carriage is in the foreground. From left: 'Capt Balfour, Mr Mackenzie Wallace, Mr Durand, HRH the Duke of Connaught, General Biddulph, The Ameer, Capt Talbot, HE the Viceroy'. Another copy at Photo 473 (26) and a similar ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1885
Extent:
1 item