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Add Or 1775
- Record Id:
- 040-003270904
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003270890
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000524
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142768003.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add Or 1775
- Title:
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End elevation of Shah Jahan's cenotaph, Taj Mahal, Agra
- Scope & Content:
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Side elevation of the cenotaph of the Empress Arjumand Banu Begam, Taj Mahal, Agra.
Inscribed on front in English: ‘Begum’s Tomb’. ‘No.12’; incorrectly inscribed in Persian characters: ‘Marqad i mutahhar i hadrat Shahjahan badshah i ghazi az janib i taul nawishtah shud’ (The pure cenotaph of Shah Jahan has been drawn lengthways); on back in English: ‘The Begam’s tomb at length. No.12’; in Persian characters: ‘Qabr i Begam-Sahib bala az taul’ (The Begam Sahib’s grave above lengthways).
1806 water-mark. 16.5 by 42 ins.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003270890
040-003270904 - Is part of:
- Add Or 1762-1789 : East Collection Add.Or.1762-1789 28 drawings of Muslim monuments bound into 2 volumes; the first depicting the Taj Mahal, the…
Add Or 1775 : End elevation of Shah Jahan's cenotaph, Taj Mahal, Agra - Hierarchy:
- 032-003270890[0014]/040-003270904
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add Or 1762-1789
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142768003.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Agra style
- Start Date:
- 1808
- End Date:
- 1820
- Date Range:
- 1808-1820
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)