• William Baker (photographer)

View of the Golden Temple (also known as the Harmandir) showing the pool (also known as the Amrit Sarowar or Pool of Nectar), causeway and entrance pavilion with the Akhal Takht and city in the background, Darbar Sahib temple complex, Amritsar, India

between 1864 and 1866

- The Akhal Takht is located in the right background of the photograph.

Albumen silver print

comp.: 22.0 x 27.7 cm

PH1980:0392

• exterior view

- The photograph is attached to the CCA mount with 2 white woven tape hinges attached to the verso of the u.l. and u.r. of the sheet.

signed and numbered - by the photographer, on the negative, l.c.: "W. Baker 788" inscribed - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the sheet, verso, l.l.: with title

Amritsar; Punjab; India;

• architecture

• entrance
• temple
• domes
• causeway
• city
• pavilion (building division)
• buildings
• eave
• pool
• finials
• chhatris
• marble inlays