Agra. The Fort
1890
Photoglob Co.
Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910)
Photography
Agra. The Fort, 1890. Photoglob Co. (Zurich, active c. 1890–1910). Photochrom; image: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.); paper: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust 2018.215 Known as the Red Fort because of the rosy sandstone used to build it; the fort was a walled city that served as home to the Mughal emperors until 1638. The height and massiveness of the walls are emphasized by the inclusion of the Indian travelers resting in the foreground. It took 1,444,000 builders eight years to build the sandstone fort, which was completed in 1573.
- Maker/Artist
- Photoglob Co.
- Classification
- Photograph
- Formatted Medium
- Photochrom
- Medium
- photochrom
- Dimensions
- Image: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.); Paper: 20.4 x 26.5 cm (8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: Imprinted in gold on recto in lower left corner: “20027. P.Z.-AGRA. THE FORT.”
- Departments
- Photography
- Accession Number
- 2018.215
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the Karl B. Goldfield Trust
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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