Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Mss Eur B360a
- Record Id:
- 040-003283680
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002278214
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100035589344.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Mss Eur B360a
- Title:
-
Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33, while her husband Robert Sale was in command of his regiment the 13th Foot, at Agra 1831-35
- Scope & Content:
-
1. Agra Fort, Delhi Gate.
2. Khass Mahal.
3. The palace buildings, from the east.
4. Nagina mosque.
5. Fort from the south-east.
6. Pearl Mosque.
7. The plans of the Great Gun at Agra.
Inscribed: (a) ‘Plan, bird’s eye;’ (b) ‘Front elevation’; (c) ‘Breech elevation.’
Pen and ink; ..... mm..
Note: The Great Gun , called Dhoondhanee by the inhabitants of Agra, lay in 1830 under the north-east bastion of the Agra Fort, where it had been painted by Sitaram in 1815 (see Add.Or.4311).
8. ‘Plan, Elevation and Section of the Agra Gun from measurements taken by J.P. Boileau Capt. Engineers.’
Pen and ink; 110 by 238 mm.
Note: See J.P. Losty, ‘The Great Gun at Agra’, in ‘British Library Journal’, vol. 15, 1989, pp.35-58.
9-10. The Jami Masjid at Agra.
11-13 Gateway of the Taj Mahal.
14-15. The Taj Mahal.
16. Interior view at the Taj Mahal.
17. Marble screen.
18-27. Details of the pietra dura work on the cenotaphs of Shah Jahan and his queen.
28-29. The Taj Mahal from the side and from the opposite bank.
30-36. Details of the pietra dura work on screen and tomb.
37. Interior of the gateway of the Taj Mahal.
38. ‘33. Tyur’[?]’ Khana of Kh... Doulat Khan.’
Note: i.e. ‘tehkhana,’ the undergound chambers for summer occupation. This is the haveli of Khan Dauran Khan on the river below the Taj Mahal. Nothing remains of it.
39. ‘23. Dara Sheko’s Palace.’
Note: the building was on the river north of the Fort.
40. ‘34. Doulat Khan’s Palace.’
Note: this is another part of the haveli of Khan Dauran Khan, later called Major Taylor's garden.
41. ‘Huwalee Shah Wuz’[?]’ Khan.’
Note: the house known as Wazir Khan's was on the river north of the Fort.
42 A red ‘chattri’ on an arcaded plinth.
Note: copies of three Portuguese 17th century inscriptions pasted in on the preceding folio may be relevant.
43. ‘6. Tomb? Nawaub Jaffeer Khan.’ Below: ‘Jaffer Khan’s Roza.’
Note: this is on the river north of the Fort, opposite the Ram Bagh.
44. ‘Exterior gateway to the Taj.’
Note: the gateway in the eastern wall.
45-46. Pietra dura work.
47. ‘Tomb near Taj.’
Note: A domed octagonal tomb on a square platform, all of red sandstone.
48. Pearl Mosque.
49. Tomb of Itimad al-Daulah.
50a. Shah Jahan’s cenotaph.
50b. Tomb of Itimad al-Daulah.
50c. Screen at the Taj Mahal.
50d. ‘Tripolia Agra.’
Note: The great court outside the Delhi gate of the Fort, destroyed in 1858.
- Collection Area:
- India Office Records and Private Papers
- Project / Collection:
- India Office Private Papers
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002278214
040-003283680 - Is part of:
- Mss Eur B360 : Lady Florentia Sale papers.
Mss Eur B360a : Album containing water-colours illustrating the notebook of Lady Florentia Sale (?1790-1853), during her stay in Agra 1832-33,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002278214[0001]/040-003283680
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Mss Eur B360
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Agra style
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1831
- Date Range:
- c 1830
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Architecture
- Places:
- Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India