Bourne & Shepherd
1875-1876
The Lahori Gate of 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
9.8 x 8.4 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2114130
 
Photograph of the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort, Delhi. The fort has high stone walls with ornamental ridging and is surrounded by a moat. The gate, visible behind the wall, is flanked by two octagonal towers each with an octagonal pavilion. There is a smaller octagonal tower with a dome in the foreground to the right and a smaller gateway with a bridge to the left.
 
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. Included in the volume are a number of photographs of notable sites in the cities visited by the Prince.
 
Presented to Alexandra, Princess of Wales by her husband the Prince of Wales at Christmas 1876
 
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