IDNO

P.97230.WIL

Description

An open sided portico between two chambers and leading towards the Musamman Burj (Octagonal Tower) on the left and the Angun Bagh on the right. The portico has four columns and a rounded roof topped with decorative stupa-shaped projections. Agra city can be viewed between the columns. [JD 7/5/2008]

On Cech’s list describing prints:
“(224-236 were taken during a sight-seeing tour the Williamsons made in North India, ending up in Delhi.)
229c/d. “In Agra fort (Peggy) 29.1.34”.” [printed text]
For more information see Cech’s list.

Place

S Asia; India; Uttar Pradesh; Agra; Agra Fort

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Williamson, Margaret

Collector / Expedition

Date

29 January 1934

Collection Name

Williamson Collection

Source

Williamson, Margaret

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

The transcription of this album by Mark Turin and Sara Shneiderman was carried out with reference to Krystina Cech’s catalogue list alone. Alex Nadin has since revised their cataloguing by systematically matching their records to the images. Margaret Williamson’s handwritten captions for photographs have now been transcribed into the Inscription field, and Cech’s descriptions appear in the Description field. Correct entries for Place, Named Person and Other Nos. have also been entered by Alex Nadin. [Sudeshna Guha 29/10/2002]

Place: “Near the gardens of the Taj Mahal stands the important 16th-century Mughal monument known as the Red Fort of Agra. This powerful fortress of red sandstone encompasses, within its 2.5-km-long enclosure walls, the imperial city of the Mughal rulers. It comprises many fairy-tale palaces, such as the Jahangir Palace and the Khas Mahal, built by Shah Jahan; audience halls, such as the Diwan-i-Khas; and two very beautiful mosques.” The Red Fort became an Unesco World Heritage site in 1983. [Source: Unesco World Heritage, http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/251, JD 7/5/2008]

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program Two. [Jocelyne Dudding 7/5/2008]