Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck (Photographer). The Kootub - Part of the front of the Mahometan Fa ade, Delhi, Early 1860s | Antiquarian Photograph | 00114998
PhotographerEugene Clutterbuck Impey | 1830 – 1904
TitleThe Kootub - Part of the front of the Mahometan Fa ade, Delhi
Document TypeAntiquarian Photograph
MediumAlbumen print pasted on mountDateEarly 1860s
Size10.63 x 9.53 in (27.00 x 24.20 cm)
InscriptionPrinted in English '6. THE KOOTUB.- Part of the Mahometan Fa ade.' 'The fa ade is 385 feet long, and consist of one large and four smaller arches looking into the inner enclosure (represented above), and one large and two smaller ones on each side of them looking into the outer enclosure. The large arches are fifty-three feet high and about twenty-two feel wide the smaller ones about half of that size. The carving is on unexampled delicacy, and consists of arabic inscriptions alternated with Hindoo ornament similar to that on other parts of the enclosure.' l.c.and inscribed in pencil '6630' t.r. on mount.
Location FeaturedThe Taj Mahal, Agra
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