Delhi, Ancient Gateway (1856 engraving)
Drawn by Thomas Colman Dibdin after a sketch by Captain Thomas Bacon
Engraved by Edward Finden
Original Engraving
(Plate from A Gazetteer of the World by A. Fullarton & Co., Edinburgh, c. 1856)
15.5 x 25.5 cms / 6.1 x 10.1” app.
Non-exportable antiquity. Cannot be exported out of India.
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The exact location depicted in this engraving is a stylized, early 19th-century representation of the Kashmiri Gate and its surrounding fortifications, located in what is today Old Delhi (Shahjahanabad)
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Condition Report: In good condition overall: no damage or tears. Some foxing, as clearly visible in the images.