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Subject Architecture Place Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

1. 010056.i.4(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(1)
Title:
Alum Bagh [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the two-storey house, with its four octagonal corner towers: 'This was originally a fortified garden, containing a large summer-house and out-offices, built and arranged, as an occasional residence, for Newab Khas Mehal, wife of the ex-king, Waji...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

2. 010056.i.4(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(10)
Title:
St. Joseph's Church [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Roman Catholic church of St Joseph, situated opposite the offices of the Oudh and Rohilkund Railway Company. The church was demolished in 1980.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

3. 010056.i.4(11)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(11)
Title:
Christ's Church [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the church from the driveway. Built in 1860 'under the superintendence of Lieutenant Swetenham, R.E.,' as a memorial to those who died in the 1857 mutiny, the building still survives.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

4. 010056.i.4(13)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(13)
Title:
Sekunder Bagh [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the entrance gateway of the Sikandarbagh: 'This garden may very well be described as the 'Shalimar' of Lucknow. It was built by Wajid Ali Shah, especially in honor of one of his favourite mehals, Sekunder Begum; hence its name. It is encircl...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

5. 010056.i.4(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(14)
Title:
Kuddum Russool [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking towards the dome of the building; most of the structure is obscured by foreground vegetation: 'This is a shrine sacred to the Mahomedans, it was built by King Ghazee-ood-deen Hyder: it stands on the summit of a mound, and is believed to contain a st...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

6. 010056.i.4(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(15)
Title:
Najuf Ashraf or Shah Najaf [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the pathway across the garden, towards the entrance to the shallow-domed tomb: 'the mausoleum of Hazee-ood-deen Hyder, built by himself, for the interment of his own remains. It is surrounded by a high wall, and, like the Kuddum Rasool, afford...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

7. 010056.i.4(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(16)
Title:
Motee Mahal [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view looking towards the entrance gatehouse to the Moti Mahal: 'This building was constructed by Newab Saadut Ali Khan: it owes its name to a superstructural projection, not a dome, in a semi-almond form, without any timber supports, but entirely of maso...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

8. 010056.i.4(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(17)
Title:
Khoorshaid Munzil [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of the Khurshid Manzil (House of the Sun): 'This building, as will be seen from the view, is castellated and surrounded by a deep scarped ditch; intended evidently for purposes of defence. The structure was commenced by Saadut Ali Khan, and finished...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

9. 010056.i.4(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(18)
Title:
Tara Khothe or Star House [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view, looking across the lawn towards the two-storey Taronwali Kothi: 'The reason why this was called the Star House is, that it was intended for an observatory. It forms a kind of set-off to the general extravagance for which the Kings of Oudh were noto...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item

10. 010056.i.4(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
010056.i.4(20)
Title:
Kunkurwali Kothe [Lucknow]. Photographer: Abbas Ali
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view from the driveway, looking towards the two-storey stone mansion with porte-cochère, the Kankarwali Kothi or Pebble House, built by Saadat Ali Khan. The building no longer survives.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1874
Extent:
1 item