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Add Or 921-936
- Record Id:
- 032-003270870
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003270870
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000502
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- Add Or 921-936
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Add.Or.921-936 16 drawings of Mughal monuments at Agra, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1808. Inscribed with titles; seven d ...
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Add.Or.921-936
16 drawings of Mughal monuments at Agra, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri.
By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1808.
Inscribed with titles; seven drawings inscribed: ‘G. Steell.’
Water-colour; various sizes.
Water-marks of 1801, 1803, and 1807.
Circumstances of acquisition unrecorded.
Note: These drawings appear to have belonged to G. Steell whose pencil signature occurs on seven of them. George Steell (1781-1840) served in the Bengal Engineers from 1798 to 1817. Ensign 1798; Lieutenant 1803; Captain 1808. He was posted to Agra from 1807 to 1813.
The monuments are shown in elevation against a plain white background. Double black rules frame the drawings. All are inscribed in the same hand and would appear to have been acquired at the same time. They are not, however, standardised and the sizes are not uniform. At least two hands appear to have been at work. The majority of the drawings are coloured with a soft brownish-pink; others are brighter in colour and harder in execution.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003270870", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add Or 921-936: Add.Or.921-936 16 drawings of Mughal monuments at Agra, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1808. Inscribed with…" },{ "id" : "040-003270871", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 921: Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270872", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 922: West side of the Taj Mahal, Agra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270873", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 923: Entrance door in the marble screen round the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270874", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 924: Part of the marble screen round the cenotaphs opposite the entrance door in the Taj Mahal, Agra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270875", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 925: Side view of the Emperor Shah Jahan's cenotaph in the Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the pietra dura work." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270876", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 926: Pietra dura work and relief panels on the walls of the central chamber of the Taj Mahal." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270877", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 927: The Mosque on the west side of the Taj Mahal, Agra," , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270878", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 928: Entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270879", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 929: Agra Fort from the river Jumna" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270880", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 930: Delhi Gate, Agra Fort." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270881", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 931: Amar Singh's Gate, Agra Fort." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270882", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 932: Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270883", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 933: Entrance gatehouse to Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270884", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 934: Facade of Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270885", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 935: ‘Gate of Magnificence’ (Buland Darwaza), Fatehpur Sikri." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-003270886", "parent" : "032-003270870", "text" : "Add Or 936: Mausoleum of Salim Chishti in the courtyard of the Great Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003270870
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add Or 921 : Taj Mahal, Agra, from the river.
Add Or 922 : West side of the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Add Or 923 : Entrance door in the marble screen round the cenotaphs in the Taj Mahal, Agra
Add Or 924 : Part of the marble screen round the cenotaphs opposite the entrance door in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Add Or 925 : Side view of the Emperor Shah Jahan's cenotaph in the Taj Mahal, Agra, showing the pietra dura work.
Add Or 926 : Pietra dura work and relief panels on the walls of the central chamber of the Taj Mahal.
Add Or 927 : The Mosque on the west side of the Taj Mahal, Agra,
Add Or 928 : Entrance gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Add Or 929 : Agra Fort from the river Jumna
Add Or 930 : Delhi Gate, Agra Fort.
Add Or 931 : Amar Singh's Gate, Agra Fort.
Add Or 932 : Pearl Mosque (Moti Masjid), Agra.
Add Or 933 : Entrance gatehouse to Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra.
Add Or 934 : Facade of Akbar's mausoleum, Sikandra
Add Or 935 : ‘Gate of Magnificence’ (Buland Darwaza), Fatehpur Sikri.
Add Or 936 : Mausoleum of Salim Chishti in the courtyard of the Great Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 16 items
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- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- 1807-1809
- Era:
- CE
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- Material Type:
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