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11. Photo 11(56)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(56)
Title:
The mausoleum of Akbar at Secundra near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View from the gateway, looking across the gardens, towards Akbar's Tomb at Sikandra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

12. Photo 11(58)

Reference (shelfmark):
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

13. 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

14. Photo 11(64)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(64)
Title:
General view of the city, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the courtyard of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The largest mosque in India. It took six years to build and functioned as a congregational mosque which could hold ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

15. Photo 11(66)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(66)
Title:
The Jumma Musjid, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
A distant view of the Jami Masjid, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s. The Jami Masjid was the principal mosque of Shah Jahan's new capital city Shahjahanabad. The mosque is built of red sandstone with white marble. The main building is topped by three onion-shaped domes of white marble ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

16. Photo 11(68)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(68)
Title:
The Kootub Minar, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Photograph of the Qutb Minar, Delhi, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.The Qutb Minar is a tower of victory, part of a complex containing some of the earliest structures of Muslim rule in India. It was begun by Qutb-ud-Din Aibak (r.1206-1210), the first Sultan of Delhi and founder of the Slave...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

17. Photo 50/1(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(77)
Title:
Courtyard of Wali Shere Ali's zenana [Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 46' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography View looking across courtyard towards the zenana, with European and Afghani figures posed beyond the pool in foreground. One of the series of views taken by Simpson in and around Kandahar and mar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

18. Photo 50/1(91)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/1(91)
Title:
Ahmed Shah's Tomb from Kirka Sharif [Kandahar]. Photographer: Simpson, Benjamin
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'B. Simpson 42' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography General view. One of the series of views taken by Simpson in and around Kandahar and marketed by Bourne and Shepherd.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1881
Extent:
1 item

19. Photo 50/2(77)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 50/2(77)
Title:
Interior, Devani Khas, Agra [sic, for Delhi]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
The Diwan-i-Khas in the Red Fort at Delhi, incorrectly identified as Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1880s
Extent:
1 item

20. Photo 52(12)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 52(12)
Title:
Kutub Minar [Delhi]. Photographer: John Murray.
Scope & Content:
With letterpress label on mount: Printed at the School of Industrial Art, Calcutta, from a negative by Dr Murray, Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
22 Feb 1858
Extent:
1 item

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