His Eminence Commander in Chief and Party, Shimla

Black and white photograph of a group of 11 people and 2 animals. The group consists of 6 men and 5 women. Three men and 2 women stand. Eight people sit, one man in a chair on the left with a boy on his lap, 2 women on a bench to the right, and 3 men on chairs to the right. One woman and 1 man sit on the ground. The group wears Victorian-era clothing. The 2 animals are a dog lying on the ground in the foreground and a dead tiger skin beside it. The background shows a house with a doorway and windows, surrounded by trees and plants. The group poses on a rug with an animal skin beside it.

Artwork Details

Dimensions: 900 × 651 px
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Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F. R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F. R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H. E. The Countess of Dufferin, H. E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto)

Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)

Principal and Teachers of Bishop Cotton School, Shimla (recto)

Shimla 17th May 1887: Viceregal party. Lord William Beresford, Military Secretary, Captain Leonard Gordon A.D.C., Mademoiselle Clerc, The Honorable Basit Blackwood, Major F.R. Hamilton A.D.C., Mr. Oglivie Grant, Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace K.C.E., Private Secretary, Dr. J. Findlay, Mrs. F.R. Hamilton, Master G. Hamilton, Lady Victoria Blackwood, H.E. The Countess of Dufferin, H.E. The Earl of Dufferin, Lady Hermione Blackwood, Lord Herbrand Russell, A.D.C. (recto); Viceregal Party Shimla (verso)