Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30289
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030289
Alternate number:
BI-9 (previous number (collector's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4" X 5" Black and white image of a portion of the relief at the Taj Mahal. Hoefler's original description: "British India. A close view of the inlay and marble relief carving in the entranceway to the Taj Mahal in Agra. There is a widely accepted tradition in India to the effect that after the completion of the Taj, that upon orders of the emperor Shah Jahan, the architect had his eyes gouged out, in order that no other edifice could be built anywhere in the world that would compare with this mausoleum." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Verbatim coll. place:
Taj Mahal, Agra, India
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Place depicted:
Jaipur district, Rajasthan, India
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Function:
7.0 Use not specified (Communication, Records, Currency, and Measures)
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
whole— length 5 inches and whole— height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30289, described as 4" X 5" Black and white image of a portion of the relief at the Taj Mahal. Hoefler's original description: "British India. A close view of the inlay and marble relief carving in the entranceway to the Taj Mahal in Agra. There is a widely accepted tradition in India to the effect that after the completion of the Taj, that upon orders of the emperor Shah Jahan, the architect had his eyes gouged out, in order that no other edifice could be built anywhere in the world that would compare with this mausoleum." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30289, described as 4" X 5" Black and white image of a portion of the relief at the Taj Mahal. Hoefler's original description: "British India. A close view of the inlay and marble relief carving in the entranceway to the Taj Mahal in Agra. There is a widely accepted tradition in India to the effect that after the completion of the Taj, that upon orders of the emperor Shah Jahan, the architect had his eyes gouged out, in order that no other edifice could be built anywhere in the world that would compare with this mausoleum." (Prints Supplied To: Hills Brothers.)

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