Delhi camp of exercise, 1886: British officers and Sikh aides observing maneuvers

Albumen print photograph; group of mounted, standing and 1 reclining British officers and Sikh attendants, observing distant maneuvers on flat plain with field glasses, facing right. Albumen print photograph; group of mounted, standing and 1 reclining British officers and Sikh attendants, observing distant maneuvers on flat plain with field glasses, facing right. Oblong; no margins; edges faded. Dayal and Sons. No. 19. 'The exercises took place over two weeks in January 1886 near Delhi and culminated in an immense march of 35.000 men from British and Indian units in front of Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India, as well as senior officers from 12 countries, including the United States of America, Italy, Germany, Austria and Russia' -- National Gallery of Australia.