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Hall of Private Audience and Gardens of Agra Fort 1853-58
Salted paper print | 37.3 x 47.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2701435

Dr John Murray (1809-98)
Hall of Private Audience and Gardens of Agra Fort 1853-58
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Photograph of the Hall of Private Audience and gardens of Agra Fort. The hall is in the Mughal architectural style with five arches and a flat roof with two chhatris, elevated dome-shaped pavilions. There is a formal garden with trees and a raised pond in the foreground. The Taj Mahal can be seen in the distance beyond the walls of the fort.
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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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Salted paper print
Measurements
37.3 x 47.0 cm (image)
Alternative title(s)
IV - THE HALL OF PRIVATE AUDIENCE AND THE PALACE GARDEN.