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Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1810
Title:: Mausoleum of Safdar Jang, Delhi
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of Safdar Jang, Delhi. Full landscape with figures, including British soldiers in the foreground. Inscribed on front in English: ‘Tomb of Sufdurjung’; in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i Safdar Jang’ (Picture of the tomb of Safdar Jang).
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1822
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1909
Title:: Interior of the Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the cenotaph chamber.
Scope & Content:: Interior of the Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the cenotaph chamber. Inscribed on front: ‘Inside View of the Tage Mhal.’ Water-colour; 25 by 19.75 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1808
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 1910
Title:: Detail of the pietra dura work in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Scope & Content:: Detail of pietra dura work in the Taj Mahal, Agra. Inscribed on front: ‘A Representation of a Curious Piece of Inlaid Marble in the Hall at the Back of the Tomb in Tage Mhal.’ Water-colour; 18 by 17.5 ins. Cream wash border with black rules. Note: The inscription appears to be mistaken. The...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1808
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2734
Title:: Interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din.
Scope & Content:: Interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘andurun i rauzah i Jalal al-Din.’ Pen-and-ink; 11.5 by 8.5 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1785-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 2735
Title:: View of the interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din
Scope & Content:: Another view of the interior of the tomb of Jalal al-Din. Inscribed in Persian characters: ‘andarun i rauzah i Jalal al-Din.’ Pen-and-ink;11.5 by 9 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1785-1790
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3120
Title:: Mausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang , Delhi
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of Nawab Safdar Jang, Delhi. A distant view of the tomb with its gateway and wall with turrets; tents and a cavalcade with elephant, camels and horses in foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i darwazah i maqbarah i Nauwab Safdar Jang Bahadur’ (Picture of the...
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3121
Title:: Mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun, Delhi.
Scope & Content:: Mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun, Delhi. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i Humayan Shah; Naqshah i maqbarah i Humayun badshah’ (Picture of the mausoleum of the Emperor Humayun
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3124
Title:: The Taj Mahal, Agra.
Scope & Content:: The Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the entrance gateway, mosque and mausoleum. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i raudah i Taj ganj dar Akbarabad’ (Picture of the mausoleum of the Crown-Treasure at Agra); on back: ‘The Tomb of Taj Mahel. Agra.’
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1820-1825
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3168
Title:: The Taj Mahal
Scope & Content:: The Taj Mahal Water-colour on embossed paper; 5 by 7.75 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1835
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add Or 3169
Title:: Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:: Cenotaph of the Emperor Shah Jahan. Water-colour; 4.5 by 7.25 ins.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1835
Extent:: 1 Item

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