Bourne & Shepherd
1875-1876
Interior of the Dewan-i-Khas in the Red Fort, Delhi
[Bourne and Shepherd's Royal Photographic Album of Scenes and Personages connected with H.R.H. the Prince of Wales' Tour in India 1876]

Albumen print
10.0 x 8.3 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2114131
 
Photograph of the interior of the Dewan-i-Khas in the Red Fort, Delhi. The ceremonial hall has a vaulted ceiling and a tiled floor. There are ornately carved arches with floral motifs around the parameter of the room. A marble column dominates the centre of the foreground.
 
This is one of a series of photographs from a published volume documenting the tour the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, made of India in 1875-76. Lord Napier of Magdala and the army of Delhi hosted a ball for the Prince in the Dewan-i-Khas on the evening of the 12th January 1876.
 
Presented to Alexandra, Princess of Wales by her husband the Prince of Wales at Christmas 1876
 
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