Agra: The Taj Mahal, Tomb of the Emperor Shah Jehan and his Queen from the book, A Picturesque Tour along the Rivers Ganges and Jumna by Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Ramus Forrest (1750-1827)

Thomas Sutherland, English, active 1785 - 1825

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1824

Hand color etching on paper

Sheet: 9 3/4 × 11 7/8 in. (24.8 × 30.2 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund

PR.958.179.7

Publisher

Rudolph Ackermann

Geography

Place Made: England, United Kingdom, Europe

Period

19th century

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Printed, lower right: T. Sutherland sculp.t; upper right: Plate XXIV.; lower center: The TAJ MAHAL, TOMB of the EMPEROR SHAH JEHAN and his QUEEN./Published Dec.r 1, 1824 by R. ACKERMANN, 101 Strand, London.

Course History

HIST 90.15/ASCL 54.12, Early Modern India, 1500-1800, Tiraana Bains, Fall 2022

Art History 31.01, Arts of South Asia, Seher Agarwala, Fall 2023

Exhibition History

The Nature of Empire, Barrows Print Room, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 10-August 19, 1984.

Provenance

The Book & Print Shop, Cora McDevitt Wilson (1880-1975), Hanover, New Hampshire; sold to present collection, 1958.

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