Gate of the garden of Ali Mardan Khan at Lahore
Drawing
ca. 1880 (made)
ca. 1880 (made)
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Mahomed Din would have been in his teens when he painted this study of a gateway built for a great Mughal noble in 1655. He included all the details of its intricate tile-mosaic decoration. The School’s Principal, John Lockwood Kipling, thought his students should study classic Mughal motifs and traditional techniques before creating their own designs for the modern world. The student’s name has been reversed in the annotations by Major Brandreth, Principal of Roorkee College of Engineering which also taught architectural drawing./
Object details
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| Title | Gate of the garden of Ali Mardan Khan at Lahore (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | architectural, Gulabi Bagh Lahore; Drawings, watercolour, Din Mahomed |
| Gallery label | GATEWAY TO THE GULABI BAGH, LAHORE
Watercolour on paper
Lahore
Mahomed Din
c. 1880
IS.427-1883
Presented by A. Brandreth Esq.
This gateway to the Gulabi Bagh or Rose Garden was built in 1655 by Mirza Sultan Beg, commander of Shah Jahan’s fleet. The intricate mosaic tiling across the brick façade was a decorative technique that originated in Iran in the mid 14th century. The same technique became a feature of later Mughal architecture in Lahore. A handwritten note on the margins describes the decoration as kashi work, a term that is also used of tilework from the city of Kashan in central Iran.
(27/9/2013) |
| Credit line | Presented by A. Brandreth Esq. |
| Object history | The drawing was given by 'A. Brandreth, Esq.' Major A.M. Brandreth was an engineer and principal of the Thomason C.E. College, Roorkee. |
| Summary | Mahomed Din would have been in his teens when he painted this study of a gateway built for a great Mughal noble in 1655. He included all the details of its intricate tile-mosaic decoration. The School’s Principal, John Lockwood Kipling, thought his students should study classic Mughal motifs and traditional techniques before creating their own designs for the modern world. The student’s name has been reversed in the annotations by Major Brandreth, Principal of Roorkee College of Engineering which also taught architectural drawing./ |
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| Accession number | IS.427-1883 |
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| Record created | June 25, 2009 |
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