• John Murray (photographer)
• Ustad Ahmad (architect)
• Shahjahan, Emperor of India (patron)

Panorama showing the Jami Masjid (mosque of the Taj Mahal) and the Taj Mahal, Agra, India

1857

- Photographs PH1978:0099:001 - PH1978:0099:003 comprise a set of three unmounted, uninscribed albumen prints by John Murray of panoramic views of Agra, including the Jami Masjid and the Taj Mahal, India (Sotheby's, pp. 74-75, pl. 174).

Albumen print

comps. (range): 36.5 to 40 x 44.5 to 44.7 cm secondary supports (range): 37.1 to 42.1 x 45.2 to 46 cm

PH1978:0099:001-003

• exterior view

- The secondary supports of photographs PH1978:0099:001 - PH1978:0099:003 are each affixed to the CCA mount with four paper corners and strips of white woven tape.

Agra; Uttar Pradesh; India;

• architecture

• garden
• courtyard
• ruins
• marble
• street
• fountain
• parapets
• parapet
• wall
• walls
• domes
• steps
• porch
• hall
• mausoleum
• mosque
• pishtaq
• pointed arches
• façade
• plinth
• mahal
• fort
• moat
• cemetery
• tombstones
• portal
• kiosks
• columns (architectural elements)
• arches
• carriage
• jami
• masjid
• calligraphy
• sandstone
• jali
• bungalows
• Hillside architecture
• pointed arch
• eave
• eaves
• minarets
• bagh
• pool
• finial
• finials
• chhatris
• panorama
• cusped arches
• niches
• wings (building divisions)
• marble inlays

Contient:

• PH1978:0099:001, Panorama showing the Jami Masjid (mosque of the Taj Mahal) and the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1857
• PH1978:0099:002, Panorama of the Taj Mahal with the garden in the foreground, Agra, India, 1857
• PH1978:0099:003, Panorama showing the Jami Masjid (mosque of the Taj Mahal) and the Taj Mahal, Agra, India, 1857