Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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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 ...
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
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Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
Interior of middle court—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking down onto and along a narrow paved courtyard, with balconies rising on both sides. The caption appears to be incorrect, and White's own caption for this print in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 437), identifies it as Sir Ugyen Penlop'...
Lamas' quarters—Tongsa Jong [?or Byakar Dzong, Bhutan]. Photographer: White, John Claude
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Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across a paved courtyard towards two sides of the two-storeyed wooden building. The caption as given appears to be incorrect. The photograph also appears in The National Geographic Magazine (Apr 1914, p. 446), with the following caption: 'Interior o...
Native Nautch at Delhi. Photographer: Shepherd, Charles
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Group of dancers and musicians performing before an audience in the courtyard of a palace. Women in purdah can be seen looking down from a balcony through bamboo screens in the background. The print is unsigned but has been attributed to Charles Shepherd. Print 24 in this album of a dancer and t...