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621. 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

622. 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

623. 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

624. Photo 11(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(69)
Title:
Interior of the colonnade of Hindoo pillars at the Kootub, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1374 in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

625. Photo 11(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(73)
Title:
View from the Palace in the Fort, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 416' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 416. View looking towards the Jami Masjid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

626. Photo 35(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(1)
Title:
[The Taj Mahal from the banks of the Jumna River, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print. Murray is seen sitting on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

627. Photo 35(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(2)
Title:
[Gateway of the Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View of the facade and side with Murray's carriage outside. Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

628. Photo 35(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(3)
Title:
[The Taj Mahal from the east with the Jamat Khana to the left, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

629. Photo 35(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(4)
Title:
[The Taj Mahal from the west, viewed from outside the garden enclosure, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

630. Photo 35(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(5)
Title:
[Causeway pavilion in the garden of the Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Negative dated on reverse. Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
22 Jan 1864
Extent:
1 item

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