Posted on: 25 February 2012

Front view of Metcalfe House (top left), Rear view of Metcalfe House (bottom left), The principal taikhana of Metcalfe House (top right), Second taikhana of Metcalfe House (bottom right) -

From 'Reminiscences of Imperial Delhi’, an album consisting of 89 folios containing approximately 130 paintings of views of the Mughal and pre-Mughal monuments of Delhi, as well as other contemporary material, with an accompanying manuscript text written by Sir Thomas Theophilus Metcalfe (1795-1853), the Governor-General’s Agent at the imperial court. Acquired with the assistance of the Heritage Lottery Fund and of the National Art-Collections Fund.

Source: British Library


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