- Object name(s):
- Photography; Entrance to a mausoleum, Taj Mahal, India
- Brief description:
- Entrance to a mausoleum, Taj Mahal, India; foreground, a paved area with two figures one of whom is seated; middleground, a large 'iwan' (arched portico), with stone relief carvings and tendril and flower designs in pietra dura in marble, leading to an arched doorway with decorative tree symbols; background, dark interior. Black and white image with a range of tones
- Collection:
- Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1990
- Acquisition funding source:
- Catherine Lewis Trust
- Acquisition method:
- Purchase
- Dimension:
- Width
- Dimension value:
- 248
- Dimension:
- Height
- Dimension value:
- 378
- Inscription content:
- (black ink, verso) TAJ MAHAL. AGRA. INDIA. / FRAME 24'' X 19'' / B/73/36
- Material:
- Silver print on Agfa Record Rapide semi-gloss paper
- Object name:
- Photography; Entrance to a mausoleum, Taj Mahal, India
- Object number:
- PH629
- Object production date:
- 1980
- Date - association:
- C
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1980
- Date - latest:
- 1990
- Object production person:
- Rudy Lewis
- Person's association:
- Artist/Maker
- Person's biographical note:
- Photographer. Worked as a technician at the School of Art, 1990-2001. He lives and works in Aberystwyth but has photographed people and places in the USA, South America, East Africa, the Himalayas, India and the Far East. He had a one-man show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 1991
- Person's birth date:
- 1939
- Person's forenames:
- Rudy
- Person's place of birth:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Person's surname:
- Lewis
- Object production place:
- UK, Wales, Aberystwyth
- Owner:
- The artist
- Organisation's association:
- Object source
- Responsible department/section:
- Photography
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/8c88572b-599f-3f79-ab16-0f4817e35ae1, Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Gallery, CC BY-NC
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