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Interior of the Hammam at the Red Fort, Delhi, Furnished According to English Taste

ca. 1830–40
Not on view
It was not unusual for the resident British of nineteenth-century Delhi to buy ruined or abandoned Mughal or Sultanate buildings and monuments, which they then converted from their original functions to habitable spaces. This painting illustrates the conversion of a hammam (bath house) into a living room, complete with a piano or harpsichord, a bench, and an assortment of glass bottles and other objects. The white floor inlaid with flower motifs resembles that of the hammam at the Red Fort in Delhi, where a British national had been installed by the early nineteenth century.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Interior of the Hammam at the Red Fort, Delhi, Furnished According to English Taste
  • Date: ca. 1830–40
  • Geography: Mint India, Delhi
  • Medium: Opaque watercolor on paper
  • Dimensions: Painting: Ht. 9 1/8 in. (23.2 cm)
    W. 12 1/8 in. (30.8 cm)
    Frame: Ht. 15 in. (38.1 cm)
    W. 20 in. (50.8 cm)
    D. 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm)
  • Classification: Codices
  • Credit Line: Louis E. and Theresa S. Seley Purchase Fund for Islamic Art, 1994
  • Object Number: 1994.71
  • Curatorial Department: Islamic Art

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