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032-003039394 Subject Mosques

1. 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

2. Photo 11(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(73)
Title:
View from the Palace in the Fort, Lahore. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered 'Bourne 416' in the negative. Genre: Architectural Photography Bourne no. 416. View looking towards the Jami Masjid.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1863-1864
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 11(50)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(50)
Title:
The Great Imambara and mosque, Lucknow. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking towards the Great Imambara, with the dome and minarets of the Jami Masjid on the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 11(54)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(54)
Title:
Interior of the Motee Musjid, Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View along the central aisle of the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque) at Agra, showing a vista of cusped arches, taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

5. 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

6. Photo 11(57)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(57)
Title:
The Great Gate at Futtypore Sikree near Agra. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1263 in the negative. View looking up towards the Buland Darwaza, the gateway of the Jami Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 11(69)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(69)
Title:
Interior of the colonnade of Hindoo pillars at the Kootub, Delhi. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Signed and numbered Bourne 1374 in the negative.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1864
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 11(40)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 11(40)
Title:
The great mosque of Aurungzebe and adjoining Ghats, Benares. Photographer: Bourne, Samuel
Scope & Content:
View looking along the riverside ghats of the Ganges at Varanasi, towards Aurangzeb's Mosque, which dominates the skyline in the background.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item