"Zenana in Fort, Agra. 1222" Exterior view of the zenana at Agra Fort. A large open verandah extends from the octagonal building and the same floral designs follow on from the interior. The photograph reveals areas of damage to the original facings and the loss of tiles. The Verandah gives extensive views over the Yamuna River. The zenana palace was a womens residence and this is, presumably, the Jihangiri Mahal one of the few remaining buildings, in the Fort, constructed by the Emperor Akbar. ❧ This is one of a series of photographs contained in an album showing popular tourist attractions in India, the album was owned by an unknown Church of Scotland missionary who had probably taken the tour whilst working out in the region. Unfortunately there is very little information with the photographs as to there ownership.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-78786
- Date published
- circa 1900/1929
- Dates
- circa 1900/1929
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 20 x 28.7 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Agra Asia India Uttar Pradesh
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- India
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75646416-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/8a367b7ae0ff8f148a70297b10982797
