View near Dacca. A ruined temple and bridge. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. This view looks along the Buriganga river bank towards the listing octagonal brick-built tower at the water's edge, with a local boat moored in the foreground.
View at Dacca. Ruins of the Lal Baug Palace, the residence of the former Nawabs of Dacca. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of ruined monuments at Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. The complex contains many structures including a huge mosque and the building called Pari Bibi's Tomb, which is believed to be that of Shayista Khan's favourite daughter, the death of whom is said to have caused construction to ...
View at Dacca. The centre building is the Tomb of Noor Jehan, daughter of a former Nawab of Dacca [Bibi Pari's Tomb]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of monuments at Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. The complex contains many structures including a huge mosque and the building called Pari Bibi's Tomb, which is believed to be that of Shayista Khan's favourite daughter, the death of whom is said to have caused construction to be halt...
Mahomed Mosque at Dacca. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of a mosque at Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. This is a view looking towards the domes of the mosque, the rest of the building largely concealed by vegetation in the foreground.
Hindoo Temple at Dacca on bank of river. A corresponding temple alongside it was washed away in 1880. This one is nearly undermined, and must fall soon. Native boats on left. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of temples at Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. The photograph has a view of a temple tower on the banks of the River Buriganga. A corresponding temple alongside it was washed away in 1880. This temple was also nearly collapsing when the photograph was taken. Native boats may be seen ...
View at Dacca. Tomb of Noor Jehan, daughter of a former Nawab of Dacca. Built about 1650 [Bibi Pari's Tomb]. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the tomb. For a more distant view of this tomb and others, see print 3. The structure is identified as the Tomb of Bibi Pari in the Lalbagh Fort in George Michell (ed.), 'The Islamic Heritage of Bengal' (UNESCO, 1984, p. 63). [Albumen print, 264...
View at Toongee [Tungi], near Dacca. Ruined native bridge piers in foreground. Recently-built iron girder bridge beyond. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. The view is at Tungi, of the piers of a ruined native bridge in the foreground with a recently-built iron girder bridge beyond, spanning the Buriganga River.
Iron girder bridge at Toongee [Tungi], near Dacca. Photographer: Johnston and Hoffmann
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Photograph of a bridge at Tungi in Dacca (Dhaka) taken in the 1880s. The photograph offers a view of an iron-girder bridge, spanning the River Buriganga and built shortly before this image was taken.
