{"product_id":"qutab-minar-1858-engraving","title":"Qutab Minar - 1858 engraving","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Prout  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCootub Minar, Delhi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal 19th c. Engraving (Engraved by\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eEbenezer Challis); printed in c. 1858\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e27 x \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e18 cms \/ 10.8 x 7” app. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNon-exportable antiquity. Cannot be exported out of India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e(The work will be shipped without a frame. \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/redearthindia.com\/pages\/framing\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFraming\u003c\/a\u003e is available on request.)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e*\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe print showcases the Qutab Minar alongside some other monuments and ruins thereof within the larger Qutb complex like Alai Darwaza, and the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSamuel Prout, who did not draw this on site, is said to have transformed Captain R. N. Elliot's actual field-sketch (perhaps from early 1820s) into a finished picturesque drawing. Prout was one of Britain's leading architectural landscape artists, famous for rendering Gothic and historic buildings. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was then engraved by Challis and first appeared in 1833 in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The engraving was reproduced in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Indian Empire (Illustrated)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,  by Robert Montgomery Martin; Vol. 3 (London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, c. 1858). The current plate is from this volume. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'San Francisco', 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-f35d178c-7fff-5863-62ff-7fcbcc6aee53\"\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition Report: In good condition overall: no major damage or tears. Some foxing, as clearly visible in the images. Some folds and minor tears and uneven edges along the right side where the plate was bound to the book. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Art at Red Earth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47967565021347,"sku":"PRT-VPR-83","price":0.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/redearthindia.com\/products\/qutab-minar-1858-engraving","provider":"Red Earth","version":"1.0","type":"link"}