Decorated pillar in the central hall of Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India, Samuel Bourne, 1863 - 1865

Title(s)

Decorated pillar in the central hall of Diwan-i-Khas, Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02414

Inscriptions / marks

• name: ‘Bourne’
• title: ‘Remarkable pillar in the Dewan-i-Kass. Futtehpore Sikri.’
• number: ‘1271/ 1271’
• inscription: ‘Agra. Futtehpur Sigri/ Central pillar Audiance Hall.’

Artist

• Samuel Bourne (signed by artist)

Place

Fatehpur Sikri

Dating

1863 - 1865

Material

• paper
• cardboard

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 298 mm × width 235 mm
height 323 mm × width 248 mm

What

• gallery (spacious corridor)
• column, pillar ~ architecture

Where

• Diwan-i-Khas (Fatehpur Sikri)

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain

• Samuel Bourne : sieben Jahre Indien : Photographien und Reiseberichte 1863-1870, p. 133