H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES IN INDIA FROM A DRAWING BY ALFRED HUNT

This Hand coloured lithograph which was published at the Illustrated London news office of the prince visit to India in the Year 1877 infront of Jama Masjid during Delhi Durbar.The Delhi Durbar meaning, “Court of Delhi”, was a mass assembly at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the coronation of a King and Queen of the United Kingdom.Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire. The 1911 Durbar was the only one to be attended by the sovereign, in that particular case George V. The term was derived from common Mughal term, durbar.Held in December to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India. Practically every ruling prince, nobleman, landed gentry and other persons of note in India attended to pay obeisance to their sovereigns. The Sovereigns appeared in their Coronation robes, the King–Emperor wearing the Imperial Crown of India with eight arches, containing six thousand one hundred and seventy exquisitely cut diamonds, and covered with sapphires, emeralds and rubies.

SIZE-15 x 21 in.

MEDIUM- Coloured lithograph (Mounted for Protection)

YEAR-1877

EXPORTABLE-No

SHIPPING-Free shipping for all orders within India

CODE NO– VF5