View of the southeast façade of the 'Ala'i Darvaza [Lofty Gate], Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Samuel Bourne (photographer)

Title:

View of the southeast façade of the 'Ala'i Darvaza [Lofty Gate], Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

1865

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print from wet collodion glass plate negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.1 x 28.9 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0496

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

signed ? and numbered - by the photographer ? scratched in the negative, l.c.: "Bourne 1380" labelled and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on a label attached to the CCA matting, l.r.: with title numbered - by unknown hands, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, c.: "96"; l.c.: "1380"; and in blue pencil, l.r.: "95" ["96" and "1380" have been crossed out with blue pencil]

Location:

Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
gateway
engaged columns
steps
pointed arches
façade
jali

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

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