Imperial City - ACE094.6

The Viceroy’s Palace, "a symbol of privilege and prestige" and "the triumph of artistic over political values", "a dominant European note" with "an Eastern note… given by the sunken chhatris". Tuscan columns surmounted by the "Delhi order", invented by Lutyens. More details of the design: elephants, bells, chhajas, etc. Water features and courtyards. Ornamental paving. General views. Plans. Interior details including washbasin, design for the Vicereine’s bed, Durbar Hall, hallways and staircases, drawing room; dining room. Garden, a composite of Islamic water garden and English ideas influenced by Jekyll. The Dome above the Durbar Hall; details; contrasted with the domes on Baker’s Secretariat. View down the processional way through the city. The All-India War Memorial (India Gate). View of the Palace from the memorial. Records Office; plans showing sites of three similar buildings which were not erected, thus leaving more open spaces – gardens, etc. VO reads from Planning Committee’s 1913 Report, saying that "Delhi has to convey the idea of peaceful domination and dignified rule by the British Raj over the traditions and life of India."