View of the Taj Mahal and the Jami Masjid from the south, Agra, India

People:

John Murray (photographer)
Abdul Karim (role unspecified)
Makramat Khan (architect)
Amanat Khan (calligrapher)
Ustad Ahmad (architect)

Title:

View of the Taj Mahal and the Jami Masjid from the south, Agra, India

Date:

1857

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Salted paper print from paper negative

Dimensions:

comp.: 35.9 x 45.8 cm secondary support: 45.8 x 54.8 cm

Reference number:

PH1979:0366

Point of View:

exterior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- Secondary support is affixed to the CCA mount with white corners and strips of white woven tape at the top right-hand, bottom left-hand and bottom righ-hand corners.

Inscription:

inscribed - photographed by J. Murray,M.D. Agra/ London published Dec 1,1857 By J. Hogarth e Haymarket ( in ink, printed, on mount, recto, LC); The Taj from the paper works ( in pencil, in unknown hand, on mount, recto, LC, LR) inscri - insc inscribed - by unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, l.c. to l.r.: with title inscribed and stamped - in black ink, on the secondary support, l.c.: "Photographed by J.Murray, M.D. Agra. / LONDON, PUBLISHED DEC.1, 1857, BY J.HOGARTH, 5, HAY MARKET."

Location:

Agra; Uttar Pradesh; India;

Subject:

architecture

Subject Descriptive Terms:

wall
domes
mausoleum
mosque
arches
jami
masjid
minarets
finials
chhatris

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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