Partial view of the Qutb Minar showing the upper portion, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Charles Shepherd (photographer)
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
Firoz Shah Tughlaq, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
Iltutmish, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
Major Robert Smith (role unspecified)

Title:

Partial view of the Qutb Minar showing the upper portion, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

published 1872

Form:
drawings

Quantity / Object type:
1 photomechanical print(s)

Technique and media:

Woodburytype or autotype

Dimensions:

comp: 21.2 x 19.5 cm secondary support: 25.8 x 36.9 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0204:013:001

Point of View:

partial view
exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0204:013:001 - PH1980:0204:013:002 form a panorama. The photographs are glued together along the lower edge of photograph PH1980:0204:013:001 and the upper edge of photograph PH1980:0204:013:002. The secondary supports of photographs PH1980:0204:013:001 and PH1980:0204:013:002 are also glued together. PH1980:0204:013:001 is the upper half of the panorama. Panorama PH1980:0204:013:001-002 is attached to the CCA mount on the u.r., l.l. and l.r. with three plastic corners.

Inscription:

uninscribed - object uninscribed

Location:

Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

masonry
balconies
monument
calligraphy
minaret
carvings

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

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