Decorated screens
A screen at the royal camp during the Delhi Durbar. The Manipuri peacock is see as the decoration on the left screen and the right shows 15 indigenous birds to India. They were made under the direction of Mrs Percy Brown, wife of the principle of the art school in Calcutta. The Delhi Durbar (meaning "Court of Delhi") was an Indian imperial-style mass assembly organized by the British at Coronation Park, Delhi, India, to mark the succession of an Emperor or Empress of India. Also known as the Imperial Durbar, it was held three times, in 1877, 1903, and 1911, at the height of the British Empire
Picture No
13743944
Media ID
46790615
Size
4088px x 5000px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph, The Sphere, January 13, 1912, p58
Date
circa 1912
