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Photo 982(6)
- Record Id:
- 040-003299012
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003299006
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028276000.0x000727
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Photo 982(6)
- Title:
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General view of the Tombs of Golconda. Photographer: Nixon, H. J.
- Scope & Content:
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Genre: Architectural Photography
View looking towards the tombs of Sultan Quli Qutb Shah and Jamshid Quli Qutb Shah. 'Grom usage we give the term general to a bit of view; but this is all of the beautiful subject before him, that the artist's apparatus could take in on a photograph of this size. Had he that famous panoramic camera that is reputed give a hundred degrees of picture, he might take with it from the spot where this was photographed a view which, in grandeur of subject, could not be excelled by any in India. This view was taken from the same position as No. 5, the camera being merely shifted a little further towards the west.'
[Albumen print, 239x195mm].
Subjects = Indian architecture; Indian architecture (Islamic); tombs
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003299006
040-003299012 - Is part of:
- Photo 982 : Album of views of His Highness the Nizam's dominions. Photographed by H. J. Nixon, Secunderabad, Deccan. Photographer(s): Nixon, H. J.
Photo 982(6) : General view of the Tombs of Golconda. Photographer: Nixon, H. J. - Hierarchy:
- 032-003299006[0006]/040-003299012
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Photo 982
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1864
- End Date:
- 1866
- Date Range:
- c 1865
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Photographs
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Nixon, H. J., fl 1860s
- Subjects:
- Jamshid Quli Qutb Shah's tomb (Golconda)
- Places:
- Golconda, Andhra Pradesh, India, Asia