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Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 52(28)
Title:: Eastern face of the Palace, Delhi. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:: View from the River Yamuna: 'This view takes in the palace buildings from the Diwan-i-Khas to the Asad Burj, including the Musamman Burj in the Khwabgah, the Rang Mahal, and the Mumtaz Mahal within the rest of the zenana with the River Palace of the heir-apparent with its triangular gable being ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Feb-Mar 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 52(30)
Title:: Mussum Boorj and Dewan Khass [Musamman Burj and Diwan-i-Khas] of the Palace, Delhi. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:: 'The two jharokhas inserted by Akbar II in the Musamman Burj and the passage from the Khwabgah to the Rang Mahal are particularly prominent in this photograph as is the high gabled tent over the Khwabgah' (J. P. Losty et al., Delhi. Red Fort to Raisina, New Delhi, 2012. Caption to fig. 41). Wit...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 10 Mar 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 53(17)
Title:: Within the Palace, Delhi. Photographers: Robert and Harriet Tytler
Scope & Content:: View looking west across the Red Fort from the Diwan-i-Am towards the Naqqar Khana (also known as the Hathiyan Pol or Elephant Gate), with the Lahore Gate in the distance.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1858
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 61/1(37)
Title:: No. 37. Ava. Tower of the Palace. Photographer: Tripe, Linnaeus
Scope & Content:: Inscription: Signed 'L. Tripe' in ink, bottom right of print. Genre: Architectural Photography View of the Nanmyin, a square brick and stucco watchtower, tilting and surrounded by fallen masonry. The building is still standing. With letterpress note: 'This is the only co-herent remains of the ...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Aug 1855-Sep 1855
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 70(6)
Title:: Royal Palace, Mandalay. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View of the gilded spire or shwepyathat, that rises over the throne room in the Palace or Nandaw at Mandalay. A group of British soldiers stand in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1880s-1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(32)
Title:: Mandalay. The Palace, West Front. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards palace buildings, with field guns lined up in front of the wall. Print unsigned, but probably by Klier.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(33)
Title:: Mandalay. The Lily Throne Room. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: Genre: Architectural Photography View from the entrance looking along the throne room between teak pillars towards the throne. After the British occupation of Upper Burma this part of the Palace (the Anauk Samok of Palace of the Chief Queen) was taken over as the premises of the Upper Burma Clu...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 88/1(34)
Title:: Mandalay. The Club. Photographer: Klier, Philip Adolphe
Scope & Content:: View looking towards the entrance of the Palace of the Chief Queen, used as the Upper Burma Club after the British occupation of Mandalay.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1890s
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Photo 101(2)
Title:: East face of the Fort [Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:: 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...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: Mid-1850s
Extent:: 1 item

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