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Album of views of monuments in India
People:
  • Alexis de Lagrange (photographer)
  • Qutb-ud-din Aibak, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
  • Mumtaz Mahal, Empress, consort of Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)
  • Ustad Khalil (role unspecified)
  • Shahjahan, Emperor of India (role unspecified)
  • Itimad al-Daula (role unspecified)
  • Makramat Khan (role unspecified)
  • Jaita (role unspecified)
  • Firoz Shah Tughlaq, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
  • Iltutmish, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
  • Abdul Karim (role unspecified)
  • Lalchand Ustad (role unspecified)
  • Amanat Khan (calligrapher)
  • Nur Jahan, Empress, consort of Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan (role unspecified)
  • Krishna I (role unspecified)
  • Asmat Begum (role unspecified)
  • Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan (role unspecified)
  • Rana Kumbha (role unspecified)
  • Ala al-Din, Sultan of Delhi (role unspecified)
  • Sawai Pratap Singh, Maharaja of Jaipur (role unspecified)
Title:

Album of views of monuments in India

Date:

between 1849 and 1851

Form:
photographs
Quantity / Object type:
1 album(s)
Technique and media:

Albumen silver print

Dimensions:

album (closed): 32.30 X 35.90 cm secondary support: 31.50 X 35.50 cm comp. (smallest): 16,1 x 17,5 cm comp. (largest): 22,3 x 22,5 cm

Reference number:

PH1997:0001:001-048

Point of View:
  • exterior views
Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Contemporary binding consists of full red leather-covered boards and spine with gilt lettering and gilt and black trim, and moiré endpapers.

Inscription:

numbered - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the back end paper, l.l.: "X2660" numbered - Photographs PH1997:0001:008, PH1997:0001:011 - PH1997:0001:013, PH1997:0001:035 - PH1997:0001:037, by the photographer ? scratched in the negative, with negative number inscribed - below all of the images, by unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the secondary support: with title stamped and imprinted - impressed and imprinted, in gilt, on the front cover: with title and on the spine, u.c.: "ALBUM" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the front end paper, verso, u.l.: "Cet album provient / de la collection personnelle / du Bon Alexis de Lagrange" [diagonally]

Location:

France

Subject:
  • architecture
  • sculpture
Subject Descriptive Terms:
  • garden
  • courtyard
  • entrance
  • ruins
  • temple
  • tower (single built work)
  • brickwork (masonry)
  • gateway
  • figures (representations)
  • relief
  • windows
  • parapets
  • parapet
  • doorway
  • sculpture
  • tower (building division)
  • wall
  • walls
  • balconies
  • balcony
  • railings
  • palace
  • dome
  • domes
  • bases (object components)
  • engaged column
  • engaged columns
  • steps
  • porch
  • tomb
  • mausoleum
  • mosque
  • pishtaq
  • pointed arches
  • buildings
  • façade
  • plinth
  • sanctuary
  • cemetery
  • kiosk
  • kiosks
  • columns (architectural elements)
  • arch
  • arches
  • barrel roofs
  • jami
  • masjid
  • jali
  • pointed arch
  • eave
  • eaves
  • minaret
  • minarets
  • semicircular arches
  • amalaka
  • cave architecture
  • cenotaph
  • cupola
  • rock-cut architecture
  • screen façade
  • vihara
  • finial
  • finials
  • sikhara
  • tiers (rows)
  • carving
  • chhatris
  • chhatri
  • lintel
  • semicircular arch
  • latticework
  • chhajja
  • chhajjas
  • chahar bagh
  • lattice windows
  • cusped arches
  • niches
  • wings (building divisions)
  • brackets (structural elements)
  • marble inlays
Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal
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