View of the courtyard of the Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque showing the Iron Pillar with the Qutb Minar on the far right, Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Robert Christopher Tytler (photographer)
Harriet Christina Tytler (photographer)
Major Robert Smith (builder)

Title:

View of the courtyard of the Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque showing the Iron Pillar with the Qutb Minar on the far right, Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

between 1858 and 1907

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 36.5 x 48.2 cm

Reference number:

PH1982:0434

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Inscription:

inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the print, verso, l.l.: with title

Location:

Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

complex
courtyard
ruins
tower (single built work)
mosques
tombs
portal
columns (architectural elements)
minaret
colonnade

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

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