Sixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details.
Drawing
ca.1836 (made)
ca.1836 (made)
| Place of origin |
The screen around the cenotaphs, Taj Mahal, Agra.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Sixty drawings of Mughal monuments and architectural details. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Architectural; drawings, The screen around the cenotaphs, Taj Mahal, Delhi, ca.1836 |
| Physical description | The screen around the cenotaphs, Taj Mahal, Agra. |
| Dimensions |
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| Style | |
| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed with titles on back in English and on front in Persian characters.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr E.H. Hindley in 1923 |
| 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. The drawing was once in the collection of James Fergusson (1808-86), architectural historian, and then in the collection of E.H Hindley who purchased this and many other items from the sale of Fergusson's possessions after his death. |
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| Places 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 144 p. ISBN 0944142303 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IM.7-1923 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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