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Beato took photographs of sites associated with the uprising, as well as more general photographs of the most important monuments of the cities he visited, as in this example.\r\n\r\nThis photograph is of the tomb of the sultan of Delhi, Shamsuddin Iltutmish (1211–36). Built in 1235 by Iltutmish himself, the tomb is situated south of Delhi near the Qutb Minar complex, where the earliest extant mosque in India was built between 1193 and 1199. As can be seen from this photograph, the bulk of the exterior of the monument is fairly plain, with a few strips of carved decoration, but the entranceway is more detailed. This carved entrance reflects the interior, which is intricately decorated with bands of arabesque designs and Qur’anic inscriptions in red sandstone. Two Indian men pose beside the marble cenotaph in the centre to give a sense of the scale of the architecture.","physicalDescription":"This photograph is of the tomb of Shamsuddin Iltutmish (1211-36). Built in 1235 by Iltutmish himself, it is situated near the Qutb Minar complex. \r\n\r\nAs can be seen from this photograph, the bulk of the exterior of the monument is fairly plain with a few strips of carved decoration and then a detailed entranceway. The carved entrance way is indicative of the interior which is intricately decorated with bands of arabesque designs and Quranic inscriptions in red sandstone. The cenotaph in the centre is covered in marble and here two Indian men are posed against it to give a sense of scale to the architecture.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Beato, Felice","id":"A6896"},"association":{"text":"photographer","id":"AAT25687"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[{"text":"Wet collodion process","id":"AAT133299"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Albumen print from wet collodion glass negative","categories":[{"text":"Photographs","id":"THES48910"},{"text":"Architecture","id":"THES48993"},{"text":"Death","id":"THES48970"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"SSEA","id":"THES48598"},"images":["2006AC7489"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES403839"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"photograph","id":"AAT46300"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Delhi","id":"x29851"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1858-1860","earliest":"1858-01-01","latest":"1860-12-31"},"association":{"text":"photographed","id":"x30151"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"28.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"photograph","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"23.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"photograph","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"32.9","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"26.6","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"mount","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"Negative number in bottom right hand corner","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""}],"objectHistory":"The photograph was initially part of the photographic collection held in the National Art Library. The markings on the mount are an indication of the history of the object, its movement through the museum and the way in which it is categorised. \r\nThe mount is green with a label in the top right hand corner. The title on the label is wrong.","historicalContext":"The photographer, Felice Beato travelled thorough India after the ‘Mutiny or 1857 uprising’ of the Indian army and took photographs of the sites associated with it. He also took more general photographs of the most important monuments of the cities he visited, this being one of them.\r\n\r\nIn H. Herring list of negatives, this image is wrongly identified as being of the Jumna Masjid.","briefDescription":"Photograph of the tomb of Shamsuddin Iltutmish near the Qutb Minar complex, Delhi, India, By Felice Beato.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Masselos, J & Gupta, N. Beato's Delhi 1857, 1997, Delhi, 2000."}],"production":"Beato was in India from January 1858 to February 1860. 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