Mausoleum of Akbar, Sikandra. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i hadrat Jalal al-Din Muhammad Akbar Shah dar Sikandrah’ (Picture of Akbar’s tomb in Sikandrah); on back in English: ‘14. The Tomb of Jalaloodeen Akbar Shall, at Secundra, near Agra.’
Mausoleum of I‘timad al-Daula, Agra; a number of figures in the foreground. Inscribed on front in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i maqbarah i Nauwub I‘timad al-Daulah dar Akbarabad’ (Picture of the tomb of Nawab I‘timad al-Daula in Akbarabad); on back in English: ‘15. The Tomb of Aitma dowlah Agra’
Entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra. Inscribed on front: ‘Outer Grand Entrance to the Taj Garden:’ on back in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i kalan darwazah i raudah i munauwarah i Mumtaz Mahall u hadrat Shahjahan badshah i ghazi, 21’ (Picture of the great gate of the illumined tomb of Mumta...
The Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river, showing the mausoleum, mosque and assembly hall. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1830. Inscribed on back in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i raudah i Mumtaz Mahall u Shahjahan badshah’ (Picture of the tomb of Mumtaz Mahal and the Emperor Shah Jahan). Water-colo...
Screen around the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra
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The screen round the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820. Inscribed on back in Persian characters: ‘Naqshah i majhir i raudah i munauwarah i Mumtaz Mahall wa-hadrat Shahjahan badshah i ghazi andarun- i raudah i mutahharah’ (Picture of the enclosure of the illust...
Entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra, with the mausoleum in the background. Water-colour; 15.5 by 25.25 ins. Water-mark of 1816. Purchased 27 September 1906.
The Taj Mahal, Agra, and the entrance gardens with trees, cypresses and flower beds; a gardener with a basket of greenery on his head in the foreground. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1820. Water-colour; 22 by 27.25 ins. Narrow Indian ink border between double rules. 1816 water-mark. Purchase...
The Taj Mahal, Agra. Probably by a Delhi or Punjabi amateur painter, 1897. Inscribed on back: ‘By the brother of Laieq’s bearer. Umballa. 1897.’ Pencil and water-colour; 13 by 16.5 ins. Presented by Major N.V.L. Rybot, 4 February 1958. Note: Major Rybot served in the Indian army 1896-1920...