Lucknow. Tarawali Kothi (the Bank of Bengal). Photographer: Sheffield, Joseph Robert
Scope & Content:
Original stereoscopic negative on 6½" x 4½" glass plate: no print. Distant view, with most of the building obscured by trees, apart from the central portico.
Tara Khothe or Star House [Lucknow]. Photographer: Ali, Abbas
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography General view of buildings. 'The reason why this was called the Star House is, that it was intended for an observatory.' Later the Bank of Bengal. Subjects = banks; Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic)