Name: KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY AT THE DELHI DURBAR OF 1911
Brand: SIGNED F. MATANIA, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Price: 4800.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY AT THE DELHI DURBAR OF 1911
SIGNED F. MATANIA, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, FIRST QUARTER 20TH CENTURY
Transparent pigments on card, the King and Queen appearing on a terrace at the Red Fort in Delhi, followed by Indian princes as their page boys, signature to the lower left corner in red ink, faint inscription and date below in pencil, the reverse with serial stamp no. 392, copyright stamp and inscription in pencil
9½ x 11⅜in. (24.2 x 28.9cm.)

Please note this lot is the property of a private consignor.

Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.

Conditions of Sale
FAQs
This lot is offered by Christie Manson & Woods Ltd

Brought to you by

Lot Essay

The Delhi Durbar of 1911 was held in December at Coronation Park, Delhi to commemorate the coronation of George V and Mary Teck as Emperor and Empress of India. The Delhi Durbars were held three times, in 1877, 1903 and 1911, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. The 1911 Durbar was the only one attended by a British sovereign. This grand affair was attended by almost every ruling prince, nobleman, and thousands of Indian landed gentry. Indian princes dressed in traditional courtly attire with their swords and jewels were chosen to be page boys for the imperial British couple. Among them were the princes of Bharatpur, Idar, Jodhpur, Orchha, Bikaner, Faridkot, Palitana, Sailana, Bhopal and Rewa.