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Add Or 1910
- Record Id:
- 040-003270889
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003270887
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000515
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142768895.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1910
- Title:
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Detail of the pietra dura work in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
- Scope & Content:
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Detail of pietra dura work in the Taj Mahal, Agra.
Inscribed on front: ‘A Representation of a Curious Piece of Inlaid Marble in the Hall at the Back of the Tomb in Tage Mhal.’
Water-colour; 18 by 17.5 ins. Cream wash border with black rules.
Note: The inscription appears to be mistaken. The drawing shows a detail of the pietra dura work on the top of the cenotaph of Shah Jahan.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Russell Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003270887
040-003270889 - Is part of:
- Add Or 1909-1910 : Add.Or.1909-1910 2 drawings of the Taj Mahal, Agra. By a Delhi or Agra artist, c.1808. Purchased 11 November 1961 from…
Add Or 1910 : Detail of the pietra dura work in the Taj Mahal, Agra. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003270887[0002]/040-003270889
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 1909-1910
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142768895.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Agra style
- Start Date:
- 1807
- End Date:
- 1809
- Date Range:
- c 1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Monuments and Memorials
Tombs - Places:
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India