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Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck (Photographer). Boondee - The Palace, 1860 | Antiquarian Photograph | 00115106

Impey, Eugene Clutterbuck (Photographer). Boondee - The Palace - From the album "Captain E.c.Impey, 'Delhi, Agra, and Rajpootana, illustrated by eighty photographs' (Cundall, Downes, & Co., London, 1865)". Albumen print pasted on mount, 1860 | Antiquarian Photograph | Photography | 00115106
PhotographerEugene Clutterbuck Impey | 1830 – 1904
TitleBoondee - The Palace
Document TypeAntiquarian Photograph
MediumAlbumen print pasted on mountDate1860
Size9.45 x 11.42 in (24.00 x 29.00 cm)
InscriptionPrinted in English '62. BOONDEE.- The Palace. This palace is considered in Rajpootana to be surpassed in picturesque beauty by no other. Various parts of it have been added by successive sovereigns, whose names they bear,but the whole is in perfect harmony. The distinguishing feature in the architecture is the bold and richily carved balconies which project from the walls. The principal halls, in the Chuttermahal, have double columns of serpentine.' l.c.on mount.

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