The Jumma Musjid, Delhi, Centre. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
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View looking west across the courtyard of the Jami Masjid towards the sanctuary, with the iwan or entrance arch in the centre of the print. The tank for ablutions (hauz) is in the left foreground. Prints 22-24 form a panoramic view of the mosque, arcade and flanking minarets.
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi, right. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
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View from the same position as print 22, showing the minaret on the north corner of the sanctuary and the gateway in the centre of the north wall of the courtyard. Prints 22-24 form a panoramic view of the mosque, arcade and flanking minarets.
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi, left. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
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View from the same position as prints 22 and 23, showing the minaret on the south corner of the sanctuary and the gateway in the south wall of the courtyard. Prints 22-24 form a panoramic view of the mosque, arcade and flanking minarets.
Khadsia Bagh Musjid, Delhi. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
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General view looking across the stone bridge into the Qudsia Bagh, with the three domes of the mosque beyond. The garden, situated outside the Kashmir Gate, was laid out by Qudsia Begum, wife of Muhammad Shah, in 1748. Size: 522 (w) x 412 (h) mm. Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architec...
Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the ornately embellished minaret of the mosque at Amarapura. With letterpress note: 'This is in China Street. There are some thousands of Mahomedans and numbers of Mosques in and...
East face of the Fort [Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
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Photograph of the East side of the Fort-Palace in Agra, taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. The complex stands on the banks of the Yamuna and was built by the Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1565 and 1573. Built principally as a military establishment on the site of an earlier walled comp...
Akbar's Palace [Agra, looking towards the Jumna]. Photographer: Murray, John
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Photograph of the Fort-Palace in Agra, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. The complex stands on the banks of the Yamuna and was built by the Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1565 and 1573. Built principally as a mi...
The Hall of Private Audience [i.e. here the Khas-Mahal, not the Divan-i Khas] and the Palace Garden [Machhi Bhavan, Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
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A photograph of the Diwan-i-Khas (Hall of Private Audience) in Agra, from Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in 1855. The Diwan-i-Khas is one of the fort palaces built in 1637 by Shah Jahan (r.1628-58) and consists of an open colonnaded hall in...
The Summum Boorj, [in the fort, Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
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Photograph of the Samman Burj in the Fort-Palace in Agra, from the Murray Collection: 'Photographic views in Agra and its vicinity', taken by John Murray in the mid-1850s. The complex stands on the banks of the Yamuna and was built by the Emperor Akbar between 1565 and 1573. Built principally as...