- Dalal, Lady
- Neg. No: (GP) 111036
- Neg. Size: [ck]
- Neg. Date: 00-00-0000
Sitters: Sir
Dadiba
and Lady Dalal
Biog:
(Sir Dadiba) Indian Statesman; High Commissioner for India in UK 1923-4
Date: [Wednesday,
21 May 1924]
Occasion:
[Visit to the Empire Exhibition, Wembley, May 1924]
The Lady, 22
May 1924:
Wednesday
[i.e. 21 May 1924] was a delightful day, deliciously warm and sunny,
which was fortunate, for it was the one set aside for the Royal visit
to the Empire Exhibition., when, accompanied by our King and Queen,
Their Roumanian Majesties went to the Pavilions before luncheon. Queen
Mary wore a gown of palest silver-grey with a small swathed toque
finished in the front with an upstanding mount. Queen Marie of Roumania
looked very summery in white, a frock, hat, and shoes to match, and,
from all accounts she thoroughly enjoyed all she saw, and was delighted
with the charming little ceremony that awaited the Royal party at
the entrance to the Indian Pavilion, when Lady Dalal, the wife of
the High Commissioner for India, twined a garland of flowers around
the shoulders of each Royal visitor. This, as, of course, you are
aware, is a very old custom, and is a symbol of welcome… It is,
indeed, a graceful and charming tribute to offer one's guests, and
I was told that the garlands presented to the Royal party were composed
of delicate orchids, sweet-scented lilies of the valley, and small
white roses.
Location:
Empire
Exhibition, Wembley
Descr: FL
standing.
Note King George
V in image below [highlighted].
"Queen
Mary shows Queen Marie around the Indian Pavilion at the great Wembley
Exhibition, 1924"
Queen Mary: A Picture Pageant of Her Wonderful Years,
London, ND, p 84
Photographer:
-
Evidence of photographer
at work: -
No of poses:
1.
Copyright:
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Provenance: Pinewood Studios;
acquired 1989.
References:
Biog: -
Occasion:
The
Lady, 22 May 1924
Reproduced:
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Acknowledgements:
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