View of the Qutb Minar in Delhi shows the cupola added in 1828 and removed in 1848 - ca.1836.

This Company painting depicts the Qutb Minar, a fluted red sandstone tower covered with carvings and inscribed with verses from the Koran. The Qutb Minar was started in 1199 as the victory tower of Qutb-ud Din Aibak, commemorating the Muslim dominance of Delhi. It was completed by his successor, Iltutmish, and the top was restored by Firoz Shah in 1369. The picture shows the cupola added by Colonel Robert Smith in 1828 and removed in 1848.

The drawings are recorded as being by 'native' droughtsmen of the Delhi School in the Office of the Honourable East India Company's Superintendent of Public Buildings and Ancient Monuments at Calcutta, ca.1836.

Source: V&A, London