Daguerreotype: no number 08

Collection: National Media Museum, United Kingdom i
Language: English
Type: Other
Deeplink: http://daguerreobase.org/en/type/dc64557c-857c-4e0a-89fd-0a4bcc639842

Identification

no number 08

Dated

Source

Image description

View of the front facade of Akbar's tomb (at Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttan Pradesh, India) with paved yard in front, with central channel. A tree is on the left. Many domes, arches.

Tags

tree; arch; pillar; dome; building; courtyard; sky

Links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Akbar_the_Great

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Object

Subject location

Sikandra

Identification

no number 08

Dated

Source

Number of plates

Remarks general

The south gate is the largest, with four white marble chhatri-topped minarets which are similar to (and pre-date) those of the Taj Mahal, and is the normal point of entry to the tomb. The tomb itself is surrounded by a walled enclosure 105 m square. The tomb building is a four-tiered pyramid, surmounted by a marble pavilion containing the false tomb. The true tomb, as in other mausoleums, is in the basement. The buildings are constructed mainly from a deep red sandstone, enriched with features in white marble. Decorated inlaid panels of these materials and a black slate adorn the tomb and the main gatehouse. Panel designs are geometric, floral and calligraphic, and prefigure the more complex and subtle designs later incorporated in Itmad-ud-Daulah's Tomb

Assessments

Provenance

Image description

View of the front facade of Akbar's tomb (at Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttan Pradesh, India) with paved yard in front, with central channel. A tree is on the left. Many domes, arches.

Subject name

Inscription

Breveté & G.D.G. on mat 'J. Baker Stereoscopic artist' written on verso

Keyword technique

daguerreotype

links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Akbar_the_Great

Stereo plates

Yes

Window size

Height: 66 mm / 2.6 inch
Width: 54 mm / 2.13 inch

Housing size

Height: 85 mm / 3.35 inch
Width: 172 mm / 6.77 inch
Depth: 5 mm / 0.2 inch

Window shape

Arched

Housing shape

Rectangle

Collection

Identifier: National Media Museum, United Kingdom
Description: UK-INS-NMeM

Creator

Name: Baker, F.
notes: Probably British. Active in India.

Assessment

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Housing

Mat

Spacing paper

Painted: No
Texture: No
Present: Unknown

Painted

Unknown

Case

Rails decoration remarks

Cover

Rails

Decoration remarks
Present: Unknown
Decoration present: Unknown

Cushion present

Unknown

Retainer

Present: Unknown

Insert

Present: Unknown

Interior tray retainer present

Unknown

Rails present

Unknown

Metal foil preserver present

Unknown

Binding

Frame

Material: Paper
Colour: Light red
Style: Rectangle

Finishing paper

Backing

Material

Paper

description

Pink, pale reddish-brown, white label.

Label annotations

'Achbar's Tomb at Sundra' written on pale, off-white coloured label in centre. 'J. Baker Stereoscopic artist' written along bottom edge.

Recessed

Unknown

Access panel present

Unknown

Hanging system

Present: Unknown

Finishing paper

Unknown

Cover glass

Present: Yes
Painted: Yes
Strass: Unknown
Colour: Black
Decoration: None

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Plate

Polishing lines

Annotation

Surface

Goldtoning present: Unknown
Coating present: Unknown
Applied coloring present: Unknown

Securing

Securing retained by housing: Unknown

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Hallmark

No plate-mark information available for this record

Gallery

Rights on every image:: Creative Commons – Attribution Non-commercial, Share Alike (BY-NC-SA)

Before conservation