 | Alfred Frederick Pollock Harcourt - 1866 - 172 pages
...Throne, so called " from its having the figures of two peacocks standing be" hind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid " with sapphires,...pearls and other precious " stones of appropriate colours as to represent life. The " throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad ; it stood "... | |
 | Frank Vincent - 1876 - 326 pages
...having the figures of two peacocks standing behind it with expanded, tails, which were so spangled with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and other...represent life. The throne itself was six feet long and four wide. It stood on six massive feet, which, as well as the body, were of solid gold, inlaid... | |
 | J. T. Headley - 1879 - 888 pages
...have cost $30,000,000. Mr. Beresford, in his book on Delhi, says it was called the Peacock Throne " from its having the figures of two peacocks standing...represent life. The throne itself was six feet long byfour feet broad. It stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold inlaid with... | |
 | John Henry Gray - 1879 - 656 pages
...melted it, the value of the same being estimated at £170,000."— Harcourt. it,, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires,...emeralds, pearls, and other precious stones of appropriate colours, as to represent life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad ; it stood on... | |
 | Edward Smith Bridges - 1879 - 336 pages
...fairy-tale. " The Peacock Throne had the figures of two peacocks standing behind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires,...emeralds, pearls, and other precious stones of appropriate colours as to represent life. The throne itself was 6 ft. long by 4 ft. broad. It stood on six massive... | |
 | 1879 - 374 pages
...overlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, and other precious stones, as to represent the colours of life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad, and it stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of pure gold, inlaid with rubies, emeralds,... | |
 | Frank Vincent - 1882 - 322 pages
...its having the figures of two peacocks standing behind it with expanded tails, which were so spangled with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and other...represent life. The throne itself was six feet long and four wide. It stood on six massive feet, which, as well as the body, were of solid gold, inlaid... | |
 | John Murray (Firm), Edward Backhouse Eastwick - 1882 - 492 pages
...Throne, so called from its having the figures of two peacocks standing behind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires,...emeralds, pearls, and other precious stones of appropriate colours, as to represent life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet broad ; it stood on... | |
 | George Edward Raum - 1885 - 448 pages
...its four peacocks, two above and one on each side, with expanded tails, which with their bodies were so inlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and other precious stones of appropriate color, as to impart a wonderful resemblance to the real bird. The throne itself was an oblong platform... | |
 | 1888 - 340 pages
...so called from its having the figures of 244 245 two peacocks standing behind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires,...life. The throne itself was six feet long by four feet wide ; it stood on six massive feet, which, with the body, were of solid gold inlaid with rubies, emeralds... | |
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' so called from its having the figures of two peacocks standing behind it, their tails being expanded, and the whole so inlaid with sapphires, rubies, emeralds, pearls, and other precious stones of appropriate colours as to represent life. 
