Gateway of Akbar's tomb, Sikandra
1820
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1820
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Gateway of Akbar's tomb, Sikandra is a 1820 paint by Unknown, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This drawing shows a grand gate with tall towers on either side. The walls are covered in bright, swirling patterns in reds, blues, and greens. Three big arches sit in the middle, with smaller windows and doors around them. The ground is flat and plain, leading up to the decorated structure. The artist wrote "gateway to Akbar’s Tomb" at the top, so this is a real building. The colors and designs look very detailed, almost like a map or a guide. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more drawings like this.
The drawing depicts the Gateway of Akbar's tomb in Sikandra, part of a series of fifteen works illustrating monuments in Agra, Delhi, and Fatehpur Sikri. Created around 1820, the work is associated with Lord Amherst, who served as Governor-General of India from 1823 to 1828, and his wife, an accomplished watercolorist.
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