Panorama of the Qutb Minar, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

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

Title:

Panorama of the Qutb Minar, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

between 1 December 1870 and 1872

Form:
drawings
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 panorama(s)

Technique and media:

Woodburytypes or autotypes

Dimensions:

comp. (for panorama): 45,7 x 19,3 cm comps. (range; for individual images): 21,2 to 24,5 x 19,3 to 19,5 cm secondary supports (approx.; two secondary supports joined): 51,6 x 36,9 cm secondary supports (range; for individual secondary supports): 25,8 to 27 x 36,9 to 36,9 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0204:013:001-002

Point of View:

partial views
exterior views

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. Photograph PH1980:0204:013:001 is the upper half of the panorama and photograph PH1980:0204:013:002 is the lower half. 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:

numbered and imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support of PH1980:0204:013:002, l.c.: with title

Location:

Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture
sculpture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

masonry
balconies
monument
calligraphy
minaret
colonnade
carvings

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

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