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The Gateway to the Taj Mahal
From a series of eight views of the Taj Mahal
Height: 116 mm
Width: 184 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given (1904) by Matthews, Margaret
Production date: circa AD 1835 : watermarked dates of 1828, 1829 & 1831
Watercolour : Watercolour and ink on European paper
Accession number: 4187.3
Primary reference Number: 221707
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "The Gateway to the Taj Mahal" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/221707 Accessed: 2023-06-04 14:23:30
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Accession Number: 4187.4
Accession Number: 4187.2
Accession Number: 4187.1
Accession Number: 4187.8
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