View of the arched screen façade of the Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque and the Iron Pillar, Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

People:

Thomas Rust (photographer)

Title:

View of the arched screen façade of the Quwwat al-Islam [Might of Islam] Mosque and the Iron Pillar, Quwwat al-Islam Mosque Complex, Delhi, India

Date:

between ca. 1869 and after 1874

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

comp.: 23.8 x 29.0 cm

Reference number:

PH1978:0243

Point of View:

exterior view

Inscription:

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative, l.c.: "RUSt / [164 ?]" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, b.: with title stamped - in typescript and purple ink, on the sheet, verso, l.c.: "THOS. A. RUST / INDIA / PHOTOGRAPHER" [within an oval] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.r.: with information from the acquisition source

Location:

Delhi; Delhi (Union Territory); India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

wall
pillar
mosque
pointed arches
monument
calligraphy
screen façade
carvings

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

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