2-981-899 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Royal Visit to India: waiting for the Shahzadah, Gwalior, from a sketch by one of our special artists, 1876. '...his Royal Highness went to visit Scindia at Gwalior...The townspeople of Lushkur, adjoining Scindia's residence, were in eager expectation of the arrival of the Prince, or the "Shah-zadah," as they called him; and these spectators in waiting were made the subject of one of Mr. William Simpson's sketches, whilst he likewise waited there for the Prince of Wales'. People lining the streets during a visit by the future King Edward VII, representing his mother Queen Victoria who was Empress of India. 'Shahzaada' is a Persian word which means son of a monarch, or prince. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.