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Collection Area Visual Arts Subject Islamic Architecture Place Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia

1. Photo 11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(57)
Title:
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. Photo 11(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(58)
Title:
Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Panch Mahal in Fathepur Sikri, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The palace city of Fatehpur Sikri was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) from 1571 to 1585. The entire complex is built of locally quarried red sandstone, known as Sikri sandstone. The Panch Mahal ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 35(63)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(63)
Title:
[General view in Fatehpur Sikri. Jodh Bai's Palace is on the right, Miriam's House in the background.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 35(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(68)
Title:
[Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 35(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(69)
Title:
[Front porch of Shaikh Salim Chishti's tomb, Fatehpur Sikri.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 35(110)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(110)
Title:
[Shaikh Salim Chishti's tomb, Fatehpur Sikri.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Print made from original negative c. 1900, mounted on card. Original negative not held by British Library.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 101(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(23)
Title:
[Distant view of] The Gateway [or Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Buland Darwaza, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. The Buland Darwaza is set into the south wall of the Jami Masjid, or Dargah Mosque at Fatehpur Sikri. This city was built by Akbar (r.1556-1605), th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 101(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 101(24)
Title:
Tomb of Sheikh Selim [Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Shaikh Salim Chisti’s tomb in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic iews in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. This white marble tomb is situated in the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, the principal congregational mosque, within the palace-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mid-1850s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 883(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 883(23)
Title:
Trellissed marble screen on the tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Close-up view of two of the exterior marble screens.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1000/11(1202)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1000/11(1202)
Title:
General view of the Panch Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Simpson, Rev. William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography India Museum No. 321. Received from Lieut. Cole 18.10.1869. Photograph no. 17 of H.H. Cole, 'Illustrations of buildings near Muttra and Agra' (India Museum, London, 1873).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1869
Extent:
1 item