Title

'A Retainer from Central India', 1903. Artist: Mortimer L Menpes.

Caption

'A Retainer from Central India', 1903. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, the Delhi Durbar was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. From The Durbar, by Mortimer Menpes. Text by Dorothy Menpes. [Adam and Charles Black, London, 1903]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1903

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19D12_489

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

24,7Mb (881,8Kb) / 8,7in x 11,1in / 2600 x 3315 (300dpi)

Keywords

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