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Biggs, Colonel Thomas (Photographer). The Ashar Mobarak, General View, Bijapur, c.1855 | Antiquarian Photograph | 00115022

Biggs, Colonel Thomas (Photographer). The Ashar Mobarak, General View, Bijapur - From the album "Architecture at Beejapoore. An Ancient Mohammedan Capital in the Bombay Presidency Published by John Murray. London 1866. Photographs by Dr. William Henry Pigou, Dr. Andrew c.Neill and Col. Thomas Biggs with an historical and descriptive memoir by Colonel Meadows Taylor and architectural notes by James Fergusson". Albumen print pasted on mount, c.1855 | Antiquarian Photograph | Photography | 00115022
PhotographerColonel Thomas Biggs | 1822 – 1905
TitleThe Ashar Mobarak, General View, Bijapur
Document TypeAntiquarian Photograph
MediumAlbumen print pasted on mountDatec.1855
Size9.84 x 15.20 in (25.00 x 38.60 cm)
InscriptionPrinted in English 'PLATE XLVII. THE ASHAR MOBARAK. GENERAL VIEW.' l.c.on mount and no. inscribed '63' on verso.
Location FeaturedBara Kaman, Incomplete mausoleum of Ali Adil Shah II, Bijapur, Karnataka

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