Title(s)

The eastern gateway of the Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh, India

Object type

• photomechanical print
• page

Object number

RP-F-2001-7-439-1

Inscriptions / marks

• caption: ‘THE SANCHI TOPE./ From a Photograph by Lieutenant Waterhouse, R. A.’

Artist

• photographer: James John Waterhouse (mentioned on object)
• print maker: anonymous

Place

Sanchi

Dating

c. 1864 - in or before 1869

Material

• paper

Technique

Woodburytype

Measurements

height 148 mm × width 110 mm

What

• gate, entrance

Where

• Stoepa van Sanchi

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

• Illustrations of various styles of Indian architecture (RP-F-2001-7-439)