Title(s)

Brass door with plant and floral ornaments in Amritsar, Punjab, India

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-1079-10

Inscriptions / marks

• number: ‘X.’
• title: ‘BRASS DOOR AT AMRITZA.’

Artist

• photographer: anonymous
• maker: Heliotype Printing Company (mentioned on object)

Place

photographer: Amritsar
maker: Boston (Massachusetts)

Dating

c. 1875 - in or before 1885

Material

• paper

Technique

photoaquatint

Measurements

height 220 mm × width 172 mm

What

• closed door
• ornament derived from plant forms

Where

• Amritsar

Credit line

• Purchased with the support of the Mondriaan Stichting, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, the VSBfonds, the Paul Huf Fonds/Rijksmuseum Fonds and the Egbert Kunstfonds

Acquisition

purchase 2001

Copyright

Public domain

Is part of

• Indian domestic architecture (RP-F-2001-7-1079)