Views of India

Title

Views of India

Reference Number

DS408 .V49

Date

c. 1830

Publisher

Description

An album of fifty-four fine water-color views of architectural sites and details at Agra, Delhi, and Mathura. There are seven views of the Taj Mahal (completed 22 years after construction began in 1653), including two of the interior, and the pietra dura in detail. There are two views of the mausoleum of the Mughal Emperor Akbar located in Sikandara, including a Pah Tak in the surrounding wall, and the interior of the entrance of the mausoleum. Other views include Umur Sing's Gate (named for the Gurkha who resisted the British), Fort of Agra, and Nubbajer's Mosque in Mathura.

From Delhi, there are views of the Qutab Minar (the largest tower in India built in 1310), and the tombs of Humayun -- remarkable as the first garden tomb built on the subcontinent in 1570 that reflected both Indian (chhattris) and Persian (double dome) architectural influences -- and Safter Jung. The Jama Masjid (Mosque of Friday), built by the Emperor Shah Jahan in the mid-seventeenth century, has three domes made of white marble inlaid with stripes of black slate, and a red stone main courtyard. The images are not accompanied by any text. On the backs of some images, there are Urdu inscriptions identifying the image, and notes in English also identifying the images.

Is Part Of

Asia - South Asia Collection, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Library

Page Location

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