Glass Lantern Slides

Date:
c.1900-c.1930s
Reference:
WF/M/I/SL/59/03
Part of:
Wellcome Foundation Ltd
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Mostly slides of the Dehli Durbar, held in 1911 to commemorate the coronation of King George V and Queen Mary as Emperor and Empress of India.

Also scenes from the ship on the voyage to India and of George V taking part in a tiger hunt held whilst he was in India.

Images in black and white unless stated.

33 - Avalanche. Colour
34 - Interior, probably royal compartments on ship heading for India, 1911
35 - Passengers on board deck
36 - Passengers on board deck, playing a game
37 - King George V and Queen Mary at the Dehli Durbar
38 - Detail of pillars on a building in India [most probably Dehli]
39 - Indian nobles in carriage, taken at the Dehli Durbar, 1911
41 - Dehli Durbar, 1911
42 - King George V and Queen Mary, overseeing the Dehli Durbar. Image taken from behind their backs.
43 - King George V, pictured next to tigers killed during a hunt
44 - King George V, taken during a tiger hunt.

Publication/Creation

c.1900-c.1930s

Physical description

1 box [11 slides]

Where to find it

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