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1. Photo 995

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995
Title:
Henry Hardy Cole, The Architecture of Ancient Delhi, Especially the Buildings around the Kutb Minar (London: published by the Arundel Society for Promoting the Knowledge of Art, No. 24, Old Bond Street. MDCCCLXXII [1872]). Photographer: Charles Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Printed book measuring 278 mm x 376 mm, in modern green cloth binding, with 29 prints recording the architectural monuments in the vicinity of the Qutb at Delhi (and a few associated sites). The prints were produced in Autotype by the Permanent Printing Company (Woodbury and Autotype Process), 9...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870-1871
Extent:
27 items

2. Photo 995(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(1)
Title:
Group of moulders at work at the Kutb [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Posed group of Indian craftsmen making plaster of Paris moulds of stonework. The figures are grouped in front of the Hindu columns of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque at the Qutb. The European figure in the centre is presumably Henry Hardy Cole. Subjects = archaeolo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 995(1a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(1a)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam. View of the Iron Pillar from the west [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the Iron Pillar, with the colonnade of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the background. This is an excellent, clear view of the pillar, showing it before the masonry base was put in place after the excavations of 1871. Some of the inscriptions are als...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 995(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(2)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque]. General view of the Masjid and colonnade [Delhi]. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 995(3a)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(3a)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Hindu sculptures. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Two prints showing details of relief carving from 'a stone measuring about four feet long by seven inches deep...situated above one of the openings between the North Gateway and North-east Angle.' Subjects = Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu) Locatio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 995(3b)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(3b)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Hindu sculptures. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Two prints showing details of relief carving from 'an architrave measuring about four feet long by nine inches deep, situated inside the north-east corner of the colonnade.' Subjects = Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu) Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb)...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 995(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(4)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Pillars in the Sanctuary of the Mosque. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved Hindu pillars in the mosque. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 995(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(5)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Pillars in the East Colonnade of the Mosque. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved Hindu pillars. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 995(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(6)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Pillars in the centre of the East Colonnade. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved Hindu pillars. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 995(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 995(7)
Title:
The Masjid-i-Kutb-ul-Islam [Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque, Delhi]. Pillars in the north-east corner of the Colonnade. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of carved Hindu pillars. Subjects = architectural elements; columns; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Hindu); Indian architecture (Islamic); Indian sculpture; Indian sculpture (Hindu); mosques Location = Delhi; Delhi (Qutb); India
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1870
Extent:
1 item