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Entrance to Agra Fort 1853-58
Salted paper print | 33.3 x 46.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2701432

Dr John Murray (1809-98)
Entrance to Agra Fort 1853-58
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Photograph of the entrance to Agra Fort. The fort has high sandstone walls and is surrounded by a moat. There are a number of carts in the foreground. There are visible distortions in some parts of the print.
This is one of a series of photographs of Agra by Dr John Murray which were published in a volume with accompanying captions by J Middleton. Murray was an East India Company doctor who used waxed-paper negatives to produce photographs of the Mughal architecture of Agra and the surrounding area.Provenance
Acquired by King Edward VII when Prince of Wales
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
33.3 x 46.9 cm (image)
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Alternative title(s)
I - ENTRANCE TO THE FORT