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Samuel Bourne — Agra. View of the Taj in Front of Nootkan (The Light of the World), Wife of the Emperor Akbar, View from the River
Samuel Bourne

Agra. View of the Taj in Front of Nootkan (The Light of the World), Wife of the Emperor Akbar, View from the River

1863

An iconic monument to love appears through the lens of colonial photography, capturing both architectural splendor and the imperial gaze of 19th-century documentation.

Medium
albumen print

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Samuel Bourne, Agra. View of the Taj in Front of Nootkan (The Light of the World), Wife of the Emperor Akbar, View from the River, 1863

An iconic monument to love appears through the lens of colonial photography, capturing both architectural splendor and the imperial gaze of 19th-century documentation.

Medium
albumen print
Year
1863
Seen at
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Related themes

Nineteenth Century, Monument, Albumen Print, Documentary, Photograph, Landscape, British, Architecture, Sepia Tones, India

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Cleveland Museum of Art, Art Institute of Chicago