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236 x 290 mm. See Y3022/D8-10. Photograph by Sashe, no. 134.

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233 x 296 mm. Close up view of the lower section of the Kutub Hinar showing the decoration and script carved in relief. Bourne no. 1371.

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175 x 222 mm. Built in 1199 by Sultan Qutb ud-din Aibah to mark Muslim ascendency in India. It is 72.5 m (238 ft).

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Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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Quarter-plate. The Ridge, Delhi. [With group of Indians].

Scope and Contents Between the Flagstaff Tower and the Mutiny Monument. (Fisher). [The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi (Kodak films). This pillar was originally erected at Meerut in the 3rd Century B.C. by King Asoka. It was removed thence and set up in the Koshuk Shikar Palace near this by the Emperor Firuzshah A.D. 1356 : thrown down and broken into five pieces by the explosion of a powder magazine A.D. 1713-1719. It was restored and set up in this place by the British Government A.D. 1867. ...

Scope and Contents Between the Flagstaff Tower and the Mutiny Monument. (Fisher). [The Lat of Asoka, The Ridge, Delhi (Kodak films). This pillar was originally erected at Meerut in the 3rd Century B.C. by King Asoka. It was removed thence and set up in the Koshuk Shikar Palace near this by the Emperor Firuzshah A.D. 1356 : thrown down and broken into five pieces by the explosion of a powder magazine A.D. 1713-1719. It was restored and set up in this place by the British Government A.D. 1867. ...

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216 x 160 mm. One of the more than 2,000 year-old Asoka columns, it was brought to Delhi by Feroze Shah from a site near Khigrabad up the Jumna River, (p. 305).

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148 x 101 mm. A view of the Moghul Garden, probably at Delhi.

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80 x 50 mm.

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76 x 54 mm.

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51 x 76 mm.

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288 x 234 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/4 and Y3022B/109. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1351.

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Half-plate. Moti Masjid means Pearl Mosque.

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180 x 220 mm., oval. The mosque was built in 1659 by the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb, (p. 287).

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...

Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...

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Quarter-plate. The Ridge, Delhi.

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Half-plate. (The Fort). High up above the doorway and over the place of the peacock throne. This panel of inlaid stones is about 9 in high by 6 in wide. (Murrays account is utterly ridiculous - for one thing this panel represents a young man, and Austin of Bordeaux was an old man when here). (Fisher). [Photograph shows painting of European playing the violin].

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294 x 214 mm. View from the Jamma Musjid looking east across open ground towards the palace and fort, with the River Jumna in the background. In the right foreground Khas Road leads away to join Elgin Road which runs along the walls of the Fort. The Lahore Gate can be seen to the left of centre on the west wall, with the Delhi Gate on the south wall. The palace was built by the emperor Shah Jahan between 1638 and 1648 as his residence in the new capital of Shahjahanabad. Bourne no. 1347.

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298 x 232 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/3. No. 1350.

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291 x 238 mm. View of the interior of the Diwan-i-Kas or Hall of Private Audience situated near the E wall of the palace overlooking the River Jumna. The mostly highly ornamented of Shah Jahan's buildings, the interior is of white marble inlaid with precious stones in decorative patterns, with the famous Persian inscription running round the roof, 'If there is a heaven on earth, it is this, it is this'. Duplicate at Y3022U/15. Bourne no. 1350.

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287 x 226 mm. View of the Lahore Gate from the NE. The main entrance to the palace projects from the W and is decorated by domes and minarets, the entrance arch itself being in the N façade. It was during the attempted storming of the Lahore Gate in the Indian Mutiny that Brigadier General John Nicholson (1821-1857) was mortally wounded. He is buried near the Kashmir Gate. Duplicate at Y3022U/13. Bourne no. 1349.

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278 x 212 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/2. No. 1349.

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294 x 227 mm. View of the courtyard and entrance (W facade) of the Pearl Mosque, situated just to the NW of the Diwan-i-Kas. The marble courtyard leads to a short flight of steps mounting to a verandah fronted by a double row of three multifoil arches of florid design. The mosque was built by Aurangzeb in 1659. Bourne no. 1351.