Elevation of the front of the mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar at Sikandra near Agra
1819
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1819
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Elevation of the front of the mausoleum of the Emperor Akbar at Sikandra near Agra is a 1819 by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows the front of a big building, the mausoleum of Emperor Akbar. It's interesting because the artists copied it from earlier paintings they had. They were working in Calcutta, but the building is actually near Agra, and it was finished in 1616. The details in the drawing are pretty accurate, which suggests the artists were skilled. You can learn more about this style of drawing using the technique: cross-hatching.
A Company painting from 1819, this work depicts the front elevation of the mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar, completed in 1616 at Sikandra near Agra. The composition features a dense arrangement of arches, domes, and columns, with the central archway adorned in patterned tiles. Rendered in brick red, blue, white, green, and brown, the drawing is one of fifteen in a series documenting Mughal architecture and ornamental details at Agra. It was produced by Delhi artists working in Calcutta for Colonel Pownall Phipps and later donated to the museum by his son, Colonel Ramsay W. Phipps.
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