Album of 62 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and archetectural details from Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad and its neighbourhood. c.1884-1886. Prepared mainly by Indian draftsmen under the supervision of James Burgess
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62 drawings (71 folios) of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details from Muslim monuments in Ahmadabad and its neighbourhood: Sarkhej buildings (18); sluice at Kankariya tank, Ahmadabad (2); Shah Khub mosque and Malik Sha'ban's mosque, Ahmadabad (1); Darya Khan's tomb, Dar...
[Blank page, stencilled: ‘Original Drawings. Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad by Burgess & Cousens. Vol. I Part II. Archaeological Survey of Western India. vol. VII. New Imperial Series. vol. XXIV. 1900.’]
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Inscribed: ‘Original Drawings. Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad by Burgess & Cousens. Vol. I Part II. Archaeological Survey of Western India. vol. VII. New Imperial Series. vol. XXIV. 1900.’
Sarkhej: in west end of Muhammad Bijarah's [Begarha's] tomb. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
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Pen-and-ink drawing of a section of a tomb at Sarkhej, Gujarat, by an anonymous artist between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of Islamic monuments in Ahmadabad and the surroundin...
Sarkhej: Mihrab in the mosque (left), One of 3 panels in the tomb (right). Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
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Pen-and-ink details of a mihrab in the mosque (left) and three panels in the tomb (right) at Sarkhej, Gujarat, by an anonymous artist between 1884 and 1886. This image is from the Burgess collection, an album of 49 drawings of plans, sections, elevations, sculpture and architectural details of Is...
Sarkhej: Brass panels from the screen around the tomb of Ahmad Khattio[Khattu] Ganj Baksh. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
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Illustration of the perforated screens located around the tomb of Shaikh Ahmad Khattu Ganj-Bakhsh from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The tomb complex of Shaikh Ahmad Khattu Ganj-Bakhsh, referred to as Ganj-Bakhsh, is located six miles south-west of ...
Ahmadabad: Perforated brass panels from screen around tomb of S.A.K.G. Baksh at Sarkhej. Artist(s): Burgess, James (1832-1916).
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Illustration of the perforated screens located around the tomb of Shaikh Ahmad Khattu Ganj-Bakhsh from James Burgess' 'Original Drawings [of] Muhammadan Architecture of Ahmadabad.' The tomb complex of Shaikh Ahmad Khattu Ganj-Bakhsh, referred to as Ganj-Bakhsh, is located six miles south-west of ...
