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Photo 10/19
- Record Id:
- 040-003039170
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003037850
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035586062.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 10/19
- Title:
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Reading Collection: 'Royal visit, Delhi 1922'. Photographer(s): Unknown
- Scope & Content:
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Half-leather album, 548x435mm, containing photographs, programmes, addresses of welcome, newspaper cuttings, invitations, menus and other ephemera. The prints have handwritten captions and the album title is stamped in gold on the spine. The album principally records the Prince of Wales' visit to Delhi in February 1922 but includes views from elsewhere in India and Nepal: Prints 1-10 Exteriors and interiors of the Royal Pavilion in the grounds of the Viceregal Lodge; Prints 11-14 Prince's arrival at Selimgarh Station; Prints 15-16 Unveiling the King Edward VII Memorial; Prints 17-18 Laying the Foundation Stone of the Kitchener College; Prints 19-28 Views inside the Red Fort; Prints 29-34 Prince arriving at Selimgarh Station and meeting officials and dignitaries; Prints 35-39 Inspecting Guard of Honour at the Viceregal Lodge; Prints 39-42 Meeting Indian princes at Viceregal Lodge; Prints 43-51 Unveiling the King Edward VII Memorial; Prints 52-54 Church Parade; Prints 55-56 Indian princes arriving at the Durbar; Print 57 Church Parade; Prints 58-62 The Durbar and garden party; Print 63-65 Interior of the State Banquet Hall and grounds of Viceregal Lodge; Prints 66-71 Rutlam Polo Tournament; Print 73 Interior of Viceregal Lodge; Print 72 Rutlam Polo Tournament; Print 74 Interior of Viceregal Lodge; Print 75 Large print of the Durbar in Diwan-i-Am; Prints 76-91 Various views of the Prince's arrival at Viceregal Lodge; Prints 92-107 Various views of the Durbar and the garden party afterwards in Diwan-i -Khas; Prints 108-115 Rutlam Polo Tournament; Print 116 Prince's arrival at Apollo Bunder, Bombay; Print 117 Prince's arrival at Selimgarh Station; Prints 118-122 Church Parade including inspections and the presentation of new colours; Prints 123-124 The Prince in Bhopal with the Begum; Prints 125-127 Visit to Bikaner including the Maharaja, March Past of the Camel Corps and male dancers dressed as women; Prints 128-132 Visit to Gwalior including procession of State Elephants, ceremonial ox-drawn carriages and a water-carrying camel being used to dampen the streets prior to the procession; Print 133 Camels carrying dead boars; Print 134 View of a street in Hyderebad with triumphal arch in the distance; Print 135 Burmese children preparing to welcome the Prince; Print 136 Bhisti (water-carrier) and ox; Prints 137-139 Military parades in an unidentified location and the presentation of a model temple at Patna; Prints 140-142 Kheddah operations in Mysore; Print 143 Measuring a tiger killed in Nepal; Print 144 A captive lion and keeper in Bharatpur; Print 145 View of the Khyber Pass; Prints 146-147 Shikar scenes in Nepal with elephants and dead tiger; Print 148 Portrait of the Prince of Wales in Indian Army uniform; Print 149 Indian mother and children in Madras; Print 150 Visit to Varanasi (Benares); Prints 151-156 Views in Burma including leg-rowers and dancers.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003037850
040-003039170 - Is part of:
- Photo 10 : Reading Collection: synopsis
Photo 10/19 : Reading Collection: 'Royal visit, Delhi 1922'. Photographer(s): Unknown - Contains:
- Photo 10/19(1-156) : Marquess of Reading Collection: Prince of Wales' Visit to Delhi, 1922. Photographer(s): Unknown
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Photo 10/19 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003037850[0019]/040-003039170
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 10
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 album
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1922
- End Date:
- 1922
- Date Range:
- 1922
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 95 mm x 58 mm to 248 mm x 535 mm
- Source of Acquisition:
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The Reading Collection was deposited on loan by Stella, Dowager, Marchioness of Reading between 1958-75. This album presented 27 August 1958. See also Mss Eur E 238.
- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Known