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Sixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details.

Drawing
ca.1836 (made)
Place of origin

Cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal.

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read The arts of the Mughal Empire The great age of Mughal art lasted from about 1580 to 1650 and spanned the reigns of three emperors: Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Hindu and Muslim artists and craftsmen from the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent worked with Iranian masters in the masculine environment of the r...

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleSixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details. (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Architectural; drawings, Cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal at Agra, Delhi artist working in Calcutta in about 1836
Physical description
Cenotaph of Mumtaz Mahal.
Dimensions
  • Length: 19cm
  • Width: 23cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with titles on back in English and on front in Persian characters.)
Object history
The drawings are recorded as being by 'native' draughtsmen of the Delhi School in the Office of the Honourable East India Company's Superintendent of Public Buildings and Ancient Monuments at Calcutta, ca.1836.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Archer, Mildred. Company Paintings Indian Paintings of the British period Victoria and Albert Museum Indian Series London: Victoria and Albert Museum, Maplin Publishing, 1992 145 p. ISBN 0944142303
Collection
Accession number
IM.8-1923

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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