Parade [ground in the cantonment], Benares. Photographer: John Murray.
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With a gallows in the centre of the parade ground. With letterpress label on mount: Printed at the School of Industrial Art, Calcutta, from a negative by Dr Murray, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Mosque in Delhi. Father's ghari in front. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Architectural Photography View from the roadway looking towards the west end of the mosque and showing the three domes and minarets of the Zinat-ul-Majsjid, built in 1710 by one of Aurungzeb's daughters. Lower part of building obscured by trees. The photographer's hack ghari stands on th...
Tomb of Adham Khan, Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the tomb (built 1526), a domed structure with a surrounding octagonal arcade with pointed arches. The tomb is situated to the west of the Qutb complex. Size: 480 (w) x 365 (h) mm. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); ...
Feroze Shah's lath [Delhi]. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the sandstone Ashoka Column which stands among the ruins of the Kushk-i-Firuz. The edict pillar, dating from the 3rd century BC, was brought to Delhi from Ambala by Firuz Shah. The two storey structure with tiers of arches in front of the co...
Bashri Ghat, Delhi. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking towards the ghats, with washing laid out to dry on the riverbank in the foreground. Size: 512 (w) x 391 (h) mm. Subjects = ghats; river scenes Location = Delhi; India; Jumna (river)
The Flagstaff Tower on the Ridge when [?where] the ladies & children of the Cantonment gathered on 11 May 1857. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the squat, circular stone tower in which the women and children took shelter. Harriet Tytler describes their ordeal there in her memoir, pp.117-26. Print in poor condition, with several folds. Size: 498 (w) x 400 (h) mm. Subjects = forts; towers
The Crow's Nest Battery [Delhi]. Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Landscape Photography General view, very similar in composition to Beato's study of the same scene (see Photo 27 (14)). Size: 530 (w) x 402 (h) mm. Subjects =
[Unidentified scene, ?Delhi.] Photographer: Tytler, Robert and Harriet
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking over a wall towards a path leading up a scrub-covered hillside. A tomb enclosed by iron railings in the left foreground. Possibly at Delhi. Size: 468 (w) x 354 (h) mm. Subjects = graves; unidentified