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TWO COMPANY SCHOOL DRAWINGS OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURAL WHITE MARBLE LANDMARKS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Delhi, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1840 Opaque pigments, ink, and pencil on paper, comprising a study of Salim Chishti's white marble tomb (1478 - 1572), dedicated to the founder of the Sufi Chishtiyya Order, the mausoleum located within the Jama Masjid in the Mughal complex of Fatehpur Sikri, pasted onto eggshell blue card, the study 17.2cm x 20.3cm, 36cm x 25.4cm including the card; and another similar, depicting the Moti Masjid ('Pearl mosque'), a 17th-century mosque commissioned by Shah Jahan and located inside the Agra Fort complex, possibly the two studies once part of a Company School album celebrating and recording renowned Indian architectural landmarks, pasted onto blush pink card, the study 19cm x 23.4cm, 35.7cm x 25.4cm including the card.
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TWO COMPANY SCHOOL DRAWINGS OF MUGHAL ARCHITECTURAL WHITE MARBLE LANDMARKS AN EYE FOR DETAIL: PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ESTATE IN NORTHERN LONDON Delhi, Northern India, ca. 1820 - 1840 Opaque pigments, ink, and pencil on paper, comprising a study of Salim Chishti's white marble tomb (1478 - 1572), dedicated to the founder of the Sufi Chishtiyya Order, the mausoleum located within the Jama Masjid in the Mughal complex of Fatehpur Sikri, pasted onto eggshell blue card, the study 17.2cm x 20.3cm, 36cm x 25.4cm including the card; and another similar, depicting the Moti Masjid ('Pearl mosque'), a 17th-century mosque commissioned by Shah Jahan and located inside the Agra Fort complex, possibly the two studies once part of a Company School album celebrating and recording renowned Indian architectural landmarks, pasted onto blush pink card, the study 19cm x 23.4cm, 35.7cm x 25.4cm including the card.
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