View of the Qutb Minar showing surrounding structures, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Francis Frith & Co. (photographic studio)
Unknown (photographer)
Iltutmish, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
Firoz Shah Tughlaq, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
Major Robert Smith (role unspecified)
Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the Qutb Minar showing surrounding structures, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

before 1875

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 20.6 x 16.0 cm secondary support: 41.7 x 29.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0008:023

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0008:022 and PH1980:0008:023 are affixed to the same mount.

Inscription:

numbered and inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "3126 Delhi -" [sideways]

Location:

Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

tower (single built work)
brickwork (masonry)
parapets
balcony
domes
calligraphy
minaret
balustrades
shaft (column component)
brackets (structural elements)

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

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