• William Loch (photographer)
• Thomas Biggs (photographer)
• Muhammad Adil Shah (patron)

Photograph of an elevation of the principal façade of the Gol Gumbad, Beejapore (now Bijapur), India

March - April 1855

• record drawing

Albumen silver print

comp. (comp. vertical): 25.2 x 36.1 cm (9 15/16 x 14 3/16 in.) page (bound): 37 x 54.8 cm (14 9/16 x 21 9/16 in.)

PH1980:1220:063

• line drawing
• mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
• freehand drawing

• elevation (drawing)

• exterior view

imprinted - in the image, u.c.: with title; l.l.: "Note: The [illeg.] Elements with the Exception of a Single [illeg.] / in the chattam [?] ornaments are same as this"; b.: "SCALE"; l.r.: "[illeg.] / [illeg.]"; and "[illeg.] / Captain / [illeg.] Sattam D[illeg.]" [underlined] numbered and imprinted - in black ink, on a paper label affixed to the secondary support below the image, l.c.: with title

Bijapur; Karnataka; India;

• architecture

• ruins
• domes
• towers (building divisions)
• mosque
• pointed arches
• tombs
• minarets
• gatehouse