S3E3: Peacocks and Elephants
Secrets of Britain's Historic Houses and Gardens
30 May 202559 minTV-14
The Peacock Dress, worn at the lavish Delhi Durbar at Kedleston Hall to mark Edward VII becoming Emperor of India needs conservation. At Dyrham Park, a painting by an unknown artist of the port of Bridgetown in Barbados - at the time the center of production for sugar, an industry intrinsically linked with the horrors of slavery - is thought to show an important event in the island’s history.