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Subject Chhatris

1. 1781.c.9(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(8)
Title:
A river-side view [Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View across the water towards a riverside chhatri and buildings beyond: '...a View of the South-west Boorj of the inclosure of Etimad-ood-dowlah's Tomb, and of a Kothee, or private dwelling house, which has been erected immediately adjoining the South wall of th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

2. 1781.c.9(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(12)
Title:
Views on the banks of the Jumna [at Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the Jumna towards two octagonal waterside pavilions, with other chhatris beyond: 'These five plates [12-16] comprise views taken along the left bank of the Jumna, and exhibit the river faces of the royal and other gardens in the order in which...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

3. 1781.c.9(14)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(14)
Title:
Views on the banks of the Jumna [at Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the bank of the Jumna (Yamuna), towards a series of domed towers or chhatris lining the riverside: 'These five plates [12-16] comprise views taken along the left bank of the Jumna, and exhibit the river faces of the royal and other gardens in ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

4. 1781.c.9(15)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(15)
Title:
Views on the banks of the Jumna [at Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View looking along the bank of the Jumna (Yamuna), showing a series of octagonal domed towers, topped with cupolas, along the bank, with the buildings of the Ram Bagh (or Bagh-i Nur Afshan) in the foreground: 'These five plates [12-16] comprise views taken along...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

5. 1781.c.9(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
1781.c.9(16)
Title:
Views on the banks of the Jumna [at Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography This view, looking along a riverside ghat, towards an octagonal tower surmounted by a chhatri, is identified as '2a. Utilitarian complex, preserved but ruinous' in Ebba Koch, 'The complete Taj Mahal' (Thames and Hudson, London, 2006): 'This type of complex was used ...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1855
Extent:
1 item

6. Mss Eur D1016/1(33)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1016/1(33)
Title:
Distant view [of the Taj Mahal, Agra]. Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from the east, looking along the Jumna towards the Taj, with a chhatri pavilion in the foreground. For another copy of this print, see Photo 835 (247).
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 item

7. Mss Eur D1224/37(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur D1224/37(5)
Title:
Alwar. City Palace. Tank with steps on west of palace. Looking N. W. Photographer: Archaeological Survey of India
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography View from a terrace overlooking the tank, looking along the row of chhatris which line the reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
3 Nov 1953
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(62)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(62)
Title:
Palace at Goverdhun, Rajpootana [Govardhan, Rajasthan]. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of Baldeo Singh's chhatri, Govardhan, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The chhatri is built of sandstone and is situated at the western end of a formal garden or char bagh adjacent to a tank or reservoir.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 35(17)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 35(17)
Title:
[View of a chhatri on the roof of the Taj Mahal, Agra.] Photographer: Murray, John
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Original waxed calotype negative and modern contact print. Stored separately in Print Room planchest drawer 6B. Exhibited in 'India Through the Lens', Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Washington, December 2000 to March 2001. Exhibited in 'India: Pioneering Photogra...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1858
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 146/1(70)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 146/1(70)
Title:
Bombay, The Konkun Coast, Angria's Kolaba. Photographer: Venn, Thomas Walters
Scope & Content:
Genre: Architectural Photography Angria Chief's 'ghur' (fortress) of Kolaba. Just offshore from Alibagh. Another view of the interior of Kolaba. The Executive Engineer of Kolaba District (Brit. period) and his wife standing by a 'chhathri', or site of cremation.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1930-1939
Extent:
1 item

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