John Murray Photograph: Entrance gate to the Taj Mahal
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FSA A2001.03
name: label: Creator
content: Murray, John, 1809-1898
place: label: Place
content: Agra (India)
label: Place
content: India -- Uttar Pradesh -- Agra
topic: label: Topic
content: Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
creator: label: Creator
content: Murray, John, 1809-1898
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Murray (1809-1898) was a British medical doctor working in India who devoted much of his professional career to fighting cholera, but today he is remembered for his superb images of Mughal architecture in and around Agra and the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. This photograph depicts one of Murray's favorite subjects, the Taj Mahal. Considered to be one of the finest examples of Mughal architecture, the Taj Mahal is a mausuoleum built by the Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Print (albumen print from wax paper negative, image 36 x 45 cm on 39 x 45 cm. paper.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1858-1862
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Purchase, 2001.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: FSA.A2001.03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prints
label: Type
content: Albumen prints
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: One oversized file folder.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Albumen prints
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 1 print, albumen from a wax paper negative, by John Murray, circa 1858-1862. Detail of gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra, with figures.