Company School, circa 1840

A View of the Red Fort, Agra

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Company School, circa 1840
A View of the Red Fort, Agra
with inscription 'Fort of Agra' (lower centre) and further inscribed in Urdu (partially overmounted)
pencil, pen and ink and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour and gold, on three joined sheets
16½ x 29¼ in. (41.5 x 74.3 cm.)

拍品专文

The fort at Agra, built by Akbar after the demolition of the original fort in 1565, was evidently the model for Shah Jahan's fort in Delhi.
The fort walls, built of dressed red sandstone are 21 metres high. This watercolour shows the outer Delhi Gate and depicts the western side of the fort.