View of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India

People:

Herbert George Ponting (photographer)
Mumtaz Mahal, Empress, consort of Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)
Amanat Khan (calligrapher)
Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)
Abdul Karim (role unspecified)
Makramat Khan (role unspecified)
Ustad Ahmad (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the Taj Mahal, Agra, India

Date:

between 1906 and 1907

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 35.2 x 45.5 cm sheet: 36.6 x 47.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0178

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- The photograph is attached to the CCA mount on the u.l. and u.r. with white woven tape. The sheet is torn on the l.l.

Inscription:

signed - by the photographer, in black pencil [?], on the image, l.l.: "H G Ponting" stamped - in typescript and black ink, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: "HERBERT G. PONTING, F.R.G.S. / Copyright" inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: with title inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, c.: "E329"

Location:

Agra; Uttar Pradesh; India;

Subject:

architecture
landscape architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

trees
domes
mausoleum
mahal
minarets
pools
chhatris
formal gardens

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

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