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821. Photo 11(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(54)
Title:
Interior of the Motee Musjid, Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the central aisle of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) at Agra, showing a vista of cusped arches, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

822. Photo 11(55)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(55)
Title:
Mausoleum of Prince Itmadowlah, Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1232 in the negative. View of Itimad-ud-Daulah's tomb at Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

823. Photo 11(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(56)
Title:
The mausoleum of Akbar at Secundra near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the gateway, looking across the gardens, towards Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

824. Photo 11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(57)
Title:
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

825. Photo 11(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(58)
Title:
Carved pillars in the Panch Mahal, Futtypore Sikree. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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 ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

826. Photo 11(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(62)
Title:
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

827. Photo 11(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(64)
Title:
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

828. Photo 11(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(66)
Title:
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

829. Photo 11(67)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(67)
Title:
The Cashmere Gate, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1357 in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

830. Photo 11(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(68)
Title:
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

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