Caption

Decoration on the base of a minaret of the Rani Rupamati Mosque in Ahmedabad, The Queen's Mosque in Mirzapoor.- Niche in lower part of base of Northern Minaret, photograph, page, number: '32.', photographer: Thomas Biggs, Ahmedabad (city), c. 1856 - in or before 1866, Thomas Biggs, photographer, Gujarat, paper, albumen print, height 189 mm x width 136 mm, temple, shrine, Islam, Mohammedanism, base (, column, pillar), ornamenting, decorating, applied arts, Rani Rupamati Mosque, A close-up of a carved stone facade showing an ornate vertical panel with swirling, organic openwork patterns framed by carved pilasters, flanked by horizontal bands and rectangular blocks with repetitive carved motifs, rosettes, and decorative borders, with layered cornices and small projecting brackets topped by a carved entablature and additional lattice-like panels.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26B09_257

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35.6Mb (7.8Mb) / 9.9in x 14.0in / 2972 x 4187 (300dpi)

Keywords

Decoration base minaret Rani Rupamati Mosque Ahmedabad Queen's Mosque Mirzapoor.- Niche lower part Northern Minaret photograph page number 32 photographer Thomas Biggs city c 1856 - 1866 Gujarat paper albumen print height 189 mm x width 136 mm temple shrine Islam Mohammedanism column pillar ornamenting decorating applied arts close-up carved stone facade showing ornate vertical panel swirling organic openwork patterns framed carved pilasters flanked horizontal bands rectangular blocks repetitive carved motifs rosettes decorative borders layered cornices small projecting brackets topped carved entablature additional lattice- panels