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Street Scene in Lahore - from drawings by W. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. Creator: Unknown.

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Street Scene in Lahore - from drawings by W. Carpenter, Jun., 1858. Few cities have undergone the vicissitudes to which the capital of the Punjaub has been subjected. It is on the highroad from Central Asia to the rich plains of India, which have been, the desire of every Moslem conqueror...Its brightest time was, perhaps, that when Jehangir made it his winter quarters on returning from Cashmere; and almost the only buildings of importance now remaining date from that period. But its present aspect was given to it during the sovereignty of Runjeet Singh, who built the walls and ditch (about four miles round), together with the fortified palace; and here he and his sirdars spent the intervals between their campaigns in the grossest debauchery. It is constructed almost entirely of brick, the streets narrow and the houses lofty; the quarter for the shops or bazaars being separate from that inhabited by the rich, whose houses, within gates, resemble French hotels, having inclosures at the top, with latticework made of tiles for the accommodation of the women, that they may enjoy the cool breeze in the evening without the danger of being overlooked.' From "Illustrated London News", 1858.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM23A82_158

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

25,5Mo (2,6Mo) / 21,5cm x 29,7cm / 2535 x 3512 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building buildings female women woman people male man men India religious architecture mosque Indian shopping shop shops arts exotic country religion market art trade guy British color Islam Islamic minaret minarets location century Britain newspapers press print Pakistan concept bazaar B&W lahore street scene engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century Punjab The Print Collector Hindoostan Illustrated London News TGN ILN William Carpenter street newspaper Unknown 19th-century Carpenter William William Carpenter Junior Carpenter William Hookham William Hookham Carpenter W. Carpenter Jun.