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Record Id:

040-003278687

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003278523

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x00238a

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100146890394.0x000001

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add Or 4861

Title:

The white and black marble throne platforms on the terrace of the palace at Agra. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)

Scope & Content:

The white and black marble throne platforms on the terrace of the palace at Agra.

Inscribed below: ‘The black stone called the Emperor Jehanguire’s in the Fort at Agra.’

285 by 450 mm.

Watercolour of the throne platforms on the terrace at the Agra palace from 'Views by Seeta Ram from Agra to Barrackpore Vol. X' produced for Lord Moira, afterwards the Marquess of Hastings, by Sita Ram between 1814-15. Marquess of Hastings, the Governor-General of Bengal and the Commander-in-Chief (r. 1813-23), was accompanied by artist Sita Ram (flourished c.1810-22) to illustrate his journey from Calcutta to Delhi between 1814-15.

Idealised view of the white and black marble throne platforms on the terrace of the palace at Agra. Prince Salim, later Mughal Emperor Jahangir (r.1605-27), ordered the construction of the black marble throne, which is engraved with an inscription praising the Prince, in 1602 for the Allahabad fort. In 1610 Jahangir requested the black marble throne to be relocated to the Agra fort and palace complex and was placed along the wall overlooking the river. At the Agra fort, the white marble throne is actually located near the steps to the Macchi Bhavan (Fish Square), originally a water palace, instead of directly next to the black marble throne.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Hastings Albums

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003278523
040-003278687

Is part of:

Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406 : THE HASTINGS ALBUMS 25 albums of drawings by Indian, Chinese and British artists collected by the Earl of…

Add Or 4861 : The white and black marble throne platforms on the terrace of the palace at Agra. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)

Hierarchy:

032-003278523[0164]/040-003278687

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

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Styles:

Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style

Start Date:

1815

End Date:

1815

Date Range:

1815

Era:

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