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X432/5(24)
- Record Id:
- 040-003288688
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003288351
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184975.0x000395
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- X432/5(24)
- Title:
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'The Cuttub Minar near Delhi.' Plate 24 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and 1793] from the drawings of Thomas Daniell.. Artist(s): Daniell, Thomas (1749-1840), and Daniell, William (1769-1837)
- Scope & Content:
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The Cuttub Minar near Delhi.
No. XXIV. THE CUTTUB MINAR.
This celebrated Minar is situated about nine miles southward of the city of Shahjehanabad, (the modern appellation of Delhi,) and is reported to have been built by Cuttub Shah, who ascended the throne of Delhi A. D. 1205. The general form and proportions of this lofty building are judicious, and the effect agreeable; the masonry as well as the ornamental parts are executed with great care and ability; its perpendicular height is two hundred and forty-two feet six inches, and in circumference at the base one hundred and forty three feet. It is chiefly built of a reddish kind of granite, but the white which appears in the upper part is very fine marble: there is a spiral staircase leading up to the top, with occasional openings to the balconies, which were originally defended by battlements; but many of them are at present gone to decay, as well as a considerable part of the cupola.
- Collection Area:
- Printed Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003288351
040-003288688 - Is part of:
- DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) : DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837) Landscape painters…
X432/5(24) : 'The Cuttub Minar near Delhi.' Plate 24 from Antiquities of India. Twelve [i.e. Twenty four] views [taken in the years 1790 and… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003288351[0336]/040-003288688
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: DANIELL, THOMAS (1749-1840), and DANIELL, WILLIAM (1769-1837)
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1799
- End Date:
- 1808
- Date Range:
- 1799-1808
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: aquatint; coloured
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Daniell, William, painter and engraver, 1769-1837
- Subjects:
- Architecture
Daniell Collections
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