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Futtehpore Sikri. The Elephant Tower Seen through the Elephant Gate (Main View)

John Edward Saché

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

View of the Elephant Gate, a monumental stone gate with a single, pointed archway, under which a man can be seen sitting. The Hiran Minar, or Elephant Tower, a tower with protruding tusk-like objects, is visible through the arch.

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  • Title: Futtehpore Sikri. The Elephant Tower Seen through the Elephant Gate (Main View)
  • Creator: John Edward Saché
  • Date Created: about 1868
  • Location Created: Fatehpur Sikri, India
  • Physical Dimensions: 23.5 × 29.7 cm (9 1/4 × 11 11/16 in.)
  • Type: Print
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Albumen silver print
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XO.872.9.7
  • Culture: Prussian or British
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: John Edward Saché (Prussian or British, born Prussia, 1824 - 1882)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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