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The Diwan-i Khas from the Mussaman Burj, Agra Palace

John Murray British, Scottish
1862–64
Not on view
Murray took up photography while serving in Agra as a medical doctor for the East India Company, and in 1857 published an extensive survey of the city. Unwilling to allow the technical limitations of his medium to prevent achieving the pictures he envisioned, Murray "corrected" his negatives by hand, adjusting the truth of the camera to fit the truth of observation and memory.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Diwan-i Khas from the Mussaman Burj, Agra Palace
  • Artist: John Murray (British, Blackhouse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1809–1898 Sheringham, Norfolk county, England)
  • Date: 1862–64
  • Medium: Albumen silver print from paper negative
  • Dimensions: 40.6 x 44.3cm (16 x 17 7/16in.)
    Frame: 68.7 x 122.6 cm (27 1/16 x 48 1/4 in.) (Framed with 1988.1134.1)
  • Classification: Photographs
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Cynthia Hazen Polsky Gift, 1988
  • Object Number: 1988.1134.2
  • Curatorial Department: Photographs

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