View of the Taj Mahal, also showing the Jami Masjid, looking north from the banks of the Yamuna River, Agra, India

People:

Francis Frith & Co. (photographic studio)
Unknown (photographer)
Makramat Khan (role unspecified)
Mumtaz Mahal, Empress, consort of Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)
Abdul Karim (role unspecified)
Amanat Khan (calligrapher)
Ustad Ahmad (role unspecified)
Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)

Title:

View of the Taj Mahal, also showing the Jami Masjid, looking north from the banks of the Yamuna River, Agra, India

Date:

before 1875

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 15.8 x 20.5 cm secondary support: 41.7 x 29.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0008:031

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0008:031 and PH1980:0008:032 are affixed to the same mount.

Inscription:

inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, u.r.: "3068"

Location:

Agra; Uttar Pradesh; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

ruins
wall
domes
mausoleum
mosque
pointed arches
jami
masjid
minarets
finials
chhatris
niches

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

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