Detail of the Qutb Minar in Delhi, India, Samuel Bourne, 1863 - 1866

Title(s)

Detail of the Qutb Minar in Delhi, India

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-F02488

Inscriptions / marks

• name: ‘Bourne’
• number: ‘1371/ 1371’
• inscription: ‘Kutub near Delhi./ Detail of Minar’
• title: ‘The Kutub Minar. Delhi.’
• number: ‘32’

Artist

• photographer: Samuel Bourne (signed by artist)

Place

Delhi

Dating

1863 - 1866

Material

• paper
• cardboard

Technique

albumen print

Measurements

height 300 mm × width 215 mm
height 322 mm × width 229 mm

What

• temple, shrine ~ Islam, Mohammedanism
• tower, clock tower ~ monumental adornment
• carving ~ applied arts

Where

• Qutb Minar

Acquisition

transferred 1994

Copyright

Public domain