Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck (Photographer). The Kootub - South-east corner of the Enclosure, with the base of the Minaret, Delhi, Early 1860s | Antiquarian Photograph | 00114997
PhotographerEugene Clutterbuck Impey | 1830 – 1904
TitleThe Kootub - South-east corner of the Enclosure, with the base of the Minaret, Delhi
Document TypeAntiquarian Photograph
MediumAlbumen print pasted on mountDateEarly 1860s
Size9.29 x 11.14 in (23.60 x 28.30 cm)
InscriptionPrinted in English '9. THE Kootub-South-east corner of the Enclosure, with the base of the Minaret.' ' the small dome is one of five, of which four were at the corners and one over the central entrance. They are raised on a double colonnade, and are made on the principle of converging horizontal courses, bevilled off or otherwise ornamented on their inner edges, which was alone known to the hindoos, and which may be traced at Halicarnassus, Mycen , and in Etruscan tombs, up to many centuries before Christian era.' l.c.and inscribed in pencil '6637' t.r. on mount.
Location FeaturedQutub Minar Complex, Delhi
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