The Viceroy’s House, New Delhi, 1930s, a large vintage photograph

Viceroy’s House. A large, 14½ x 11½ins., artistic photograph of the Lutyens building with its reflection ina a lake. The excellent, unmounted photograph unfortunately has no photographer’s credit. It came to us in a folder of material which had belonged to one ot the Marquess of Linlithgow’s aides de camp when he was Viceroy in the late 1930s.       may 24/1 SOLD 29th May 2025

Provenance: By descent from Captain W.A.G. Burns, Coldstream Guards. [later Major General Sir George]. The wonderful building, now known as Rashtrapati Bjavan and the residence of India’s President, provides a magnificent backdrop fpor large scale ceremonies such as the Independence Day and Beating the Retreat ceremonies.