Masjid Vazir K̲h̲ān (Lahore, Pakistan), Bādshāhī Mosque (Lahore, Pakistan), Lahore (Pakistan)--Buildings, structures, etc, People
The tradespeople depicted include a barber, a fletcher, a carder of wool and a water-seller (bhishti). The views of Lahore monuments include the... Show moreThe tradespeople depicted include a barber, a fletcher, a carder of wool and a water-seller (bhishti). The views of Lahore monuments include the mausoleum of Jahangir, the Badshahi Mosque, and Wazir Khan's Mosque. Title and date devised by Library staff. Six paintings with watermark Lumsden & Son 1851. All with gold and coloured margin rules and numbered in lower right corner Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2020.0035 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i26182385 BIB-ID: 2749309 Show less
Collection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by... Show moreCollection of plates from "Monuments arabes d’Égypte, de Syrie et d’Asie-Mineure dessinés et mesurés de 1842 à 1845" (19), printed in Paris by Lemercier for the author and A. Hauser in 1846, and from "Monuments et Paysages de l’Orient" (5), printed in Paris by Lemercier in 1851. In 1842, Girault de Prangey went on a trip to study in the Middle East; his two-year tour led him to Greece, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Egypt. He took daguerreotypes of monuments and landscapes and when he returned to France in 1845 he used some of his plates for the illustrations of the above-mentioned works. Title and date from item. Lithographs are bounded in a half green morocco album with gilt lettering on spine. Size of the sheets and of the lithographs varies. Main Heritage Compact General HC.GM.2013.0010 2-D Graphic Item-ID: i21990724 BIB-ID: 2355314 Show less