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11. Photo 1060(19)

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Photo 1060(19)
Title:
Hoomayoon's Tomb, Delhi. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the 'Album of Indian Views', of Humayun's Tomb taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view looking across the garden towards Humayun's Tomb. Built in 1565, the tomb of the second Mughal Emperor Humayun (r.1530-40 & 1555-56), was commssioned by his wife Haji Begum...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 1060(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(21)
Title:
The Fort, Agra. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Agra Fort taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view from the south-east. Built principally as a military establishment by Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1565 and 1573, on the site of an earlier walled complex, the fort is considered...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

13. Photo 1060(22)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(22)
Title:
The Residency, Lucknow. Photographer: Saché, John Edward
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, of the Residency at Lucknow, taken by John Edward Saché in the 1860s. General view. The Residency Building, built c.1800 for the British Resident in Lucknow, was a key site of the Siege of Lucknow during the Uprising of 1857. Approximately 3000 Bri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1860s
Extent:
1 item

14. Photo 1060(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(25)
Title:
Chuttur Munzil, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Chattar Manzil, Lucknow, from the ‘Album of Indian Views’, taken by Samuel Bourne c.1864. General view. The Chattar Manzil or Umbrella Palaces were built along the banks of the River Gumti, around 1814-1837. The Chattar Manzil consisted of a Bari (larger) Chattar Manzil and Cho...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 1060(28)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(28)
Title:
[Elphinstone Circle, Bombay.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
Photograph from the 'Album of Indian Views' probably taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1870s. View from the Town Hall looking westwards across the Elphinstone Circle gardens towards St Thomas' Cathedral, after the completion of Horniman Circle. In the foreground, concealed by thatch to protect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 1060(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1060(29)
Title:
[Street scene in the Fort area, Bombay.] Photographer: Bourne and Shepherd
Scope & Content:
A photograph, from the 'Album of Indian Views', of a street scene in Bombay taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1870s. This view is of a street composed of western Indian wooden architecture in a thriving bazaar. The fort area was named such after the colonial fortifications. The 19th century sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1870s
Extent:
1 item