View of the Akal Takht (also known as the Akal Bunga) of the Golden Temple (also known as Darbar Sahib), Amritsar, India

People:

Felice Beato (photographer)

Title:

View of the Akal Takht (also known as the Akal Bunga) of the Golden Temple (also known as Darbar Sahib), Amritsar, India

Date:

between 1858 and 1860

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 30.5 x 25.7 cm secondary support: 36.6 x 52.1 cm

Reference number:

PH1987:1084:062

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Mounts of photographs PH1987:1084:062 and PH1987:1084:063:001-002 are affixed from upper left to lower left.

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c.: with title

Location:

Amritzar India

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

temple
domes
kiosks
eaves
finials
carving
chhatris
chhajjas
cusped arches

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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