View of the Qutb Minar, 'Ala'i Darvaza [Lofty Gate], 'Ala'i Minar and ruins of a temple, Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Francis Frith & Co. (photographic studio)
Unknown (photographer)
Francis Frith & Co. (publisher)

Title:

View of the Qutb Minar, 'Ala'i Darvaza [Lofty Gate], 'Ala'i Minar and ruins of a temple, 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.: 15.9 x 20.6 cm secondary support: 41.7 x 29.4 cm

Reference number:

PH1980:0008:047

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Photographs PH1980:0008:046 and PH1980:0008:047 are affixed to the same mount.

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.r.: "3131[sic]"

Location:

Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

entrance
ruins
tower (single built work)
brickwork (masonry)
gateway
engaged columns
façade
columns (architectural elements)
jali
minaret
semicircular arches
balustrades
shaft (column component)
lintel
beam
cusped arches
brackets (structural elements)

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

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