[The Gateway of the Taj Mahal]

about 1858

Current Collection

Los Angeles, United States

Medium: Albumen silver print
Dimensions: 28.9 × 25.7 cm
Status: In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID: C24-353764

View of an elaborately decorated and carved gate, with two chattris or decorative pavilions on each of its front corners, as well as a series of smaller domes in the top center. Also visible are a number of men dressed in traditional garments, one of whom sits at the corner of the raised base with his face obscured.

Provenance

Partial gift from the Wilson Centre for Photography

Registry history

about 1858 — Recorded in the collection of J. Paul Getty Museum — photographs

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