FIGURE 0.6 Artist unknown, Darbar of Akbar, c. 1820, Delhi

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TitleDarbar of Akbar II

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1820

Object typePainting

MaterialsOpaque watercolor

SubjectsEmperors in artThrone in artPainting, Mogul Empire

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Introduction: The Mughal Eighteenth Century

Chanchal B. Dadlani

From Stone to Paper: Architecture as History in the Late Mughal Empire

~~In the Delhi suburb of Mehrauli, amid low-lying apartment blocks and a network of narrow neighborhood streets, sits an abandoned Mughal palace. The Zafar Mahal (c. 1806–58), as it is known, features an imposing gateway of red sandstone and white marble, with cusped arches, floral...

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Chanchal B. Dadlani

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.1-19

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00054.004

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-19066&redirecttoanchor=41518

Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Mogul EmpireDelhi (India)Art, Mogul Empire

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