The Tomb of Itimad-ud-Daulah
c. 1858-62
Medium
Albumen print
Dimensions
Image/paper: 36.8 × 45.2 cm (14 1/2 × 17 13/16 in.); Mount: 48.6 × 61.2 cm (19 3/16 × 24 1/8 in.)
Classification
albumen silver print
Department
Photography and Media
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
156715
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Trained as a doctor, John Murray took up photography while in the medical service of the army of the East India Company. He was stationed near the Taj Mahal, in Agra, India, where he became interested in Mughal architecture and began documenting monuments in the area; in 1857 he exhibited 30 of these views in London. Murray employed a large–format camera that accommodated the size of the waxed–paper negative seen here. With less sensitive photographic emulsions, however, exposing for the buildin...