Five views of Indian monuments Company School, Delhi or Agra,...
Five views of Indian monuments
Company School, Delhi or Agra, circa 1820-30
watercolours on paper, black margin rules, one with Persian inscription in lower border, in three frames
the largest 115 x 185 mm.; the smallest 90 x 133 mm.; the largest frame 56 x 36 cm.(3)
The monuments depicted are: the Taj Mahal; the Jami Masjid, Delhi (inscribed in Persian naqsheh-ye jami' masjid-e delhi, 'Plan of the great mosque of Delhi'); the Moti Masjid, Agra; the tomb of Shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri; the mosque next to the Taj Mahal.
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Five views of Indian monuments
Company School, Delhi or Agra, circa 1820-30
watercolours on paper, black margin rules, one with Persian inscription in lower border, in three frames
the largest 115 x 185 mm.; the smallest 90 x 133 mm.; the largest frame 56 x 36 cm.(3)
The monuments depicted are: the Taj Mahal; the Jami Masjid, Delhi (inscribed in Persian naqsheh-ye jami' masjid-e delhi, 'Plan of the great mosque of Delhi'); the Moti Masjid, Agra; the tomb of Shaykh Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri; the mosque next to the Taj Mahal.