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Subject Dwellings Place Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Asia Digitised Content Yes (unavailable)

1. Photo 11(58)

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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

2. Photo 1003(532)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(532)
Title:
General view from the Diwan-i-Khas, looking south-west towards the Buland Darwaza, with the Panch Mahal in the foreground, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 1, pl. 87, where all surrounding buildings are identified.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1003(534)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(534)
Title:
General view of the Astrologer's Seat from the Pachchisi Court, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 1, pl. 94. With the entrance to the hospital in the left background and the Ankh Michauli at the right.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1003(535)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(535)
Title:
General view of the Astrologer's Seat from the Pachchisi Court, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography A different view, with the Ankh Michauli in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1003(538)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(538)
Title:
General view from the south-west of Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Similar to E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 2, pl. 1a.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1003(540)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(540)
Title:
General view from the south-west of Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Caney, W.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1003(541)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(541)
Title:
General view from the south of Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1003(542)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(542)
Title:
View from the south-west of the south porch of Birbal's House, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Reproduced in photogravure in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 2, pl. 43.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1003(566)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(566)
Title:
View from the west of the Hawa Mahal in Jodh Bai's Palace, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the square, double-storeyed pavilion which projects from the north exterior wall of Jodh Bai's Palace. Described in E.W. Smith, 'The Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri' (4 vols, Allahabad, 1894-98), vol 2, pp. 32-34.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1003(567)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1003(567)
Title:
View from the east of the Hawa Mahal in Jodh Bai's Palace, Fatehpur Sikri. Photographer: Smith, Edmund William
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography This is the better view of the building.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1893
Extent:
1 item