Set of two prints on Durbar

a) R Caton Woodville after Melton Prior
The Viceroy's entry into Delhi: Lord and Lady Curzon and the Duke and Duchess of Connaught mounting their state elephants at the railway station, December 29
1903
Later hand-coloured print on paper
21 x 13.25 in (53.5 x 33.5 cm)

Published in The Illustrated London News, January 24, 1903

The scene at the railway-station, where the gorgeously caparisoned elephants stood out in strong relief against the dark arched background, was picturesque in the extreme. The elephants knelt to receive their riders, who were assisted to mount the ladders by native servants. The two servants nearest the head of Lord and Lady Curzon's elephant were specially deputed to keep the elephant's gold trappings off the ground. Lord Curzon wore full Court dress. The Duke of Connought appears somewhat further back in Field Marshal's uniform. - [From Mr. Melton Prior's Notes]

b) S Begg
The Gorgeous State entry of the Prince and Princess of Wales into Gwalior
Circa 1905
Later hand-coloured print on paper
20 x 12.75 in (51 x 32.5 cm)

At Gwalior the Prince and Princess were the guests of the Maharajah Sindhia, by whom they were welcomed at the railway station. The Prince, with the Maharajah, mounted a magnificent elephant, and the Princess, accompanied by Major Daly, Agent to the Governor-General for Central India, mounted a second elephant, and proceeded to the new palace. The State elephants, which carried burnished howdahs, were in the full ceremonial array of gold and silver head-pieces. Their ears, faces and trunks were painted in fantastic designs, and their velvet trappings were heavily embroidered with gold.

(Set of two)

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