*Jami' Masjid. Coloured drawing by Lalah Silchand. Delhi, India, 1825-26* (BL)


*Jami Masjid, Agra, showing the now demolished Tripolia Gate and gate to the mosque; by Sir James Abbott, 1826* (BL)


*The Jama Masjid, Agra, by Charles Stewart Hardinge, 1847* (BL) [*Hardinge1847*]


How desolate the Agra Jama Masjid looked, in the years right after 1857 (three albumen photos)

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(downloaded Aug. 2001)

"DR. JOHN MURRAY. The Jama Masjid, Agra. 3 albumen prints from waxed paper negatives, together forming a 3-part panorama. Circa 1858-62."


"The Jumma Masjid, Agra," a steel engraving from 1858 (The London Printing and Publishing Co.)

Source: ebay, Aug. 2005


The Jama Masjid in Agra, in a tourist's albumen photograph from the 1880s

Source: ebay, Nov. 2003


*An overview of the Jama Masjid, from the Agra Fort (albumen photograph, probably 1880's)*

Source: ebay, May 2002


*Another overview photo, date unknown*

Source: ebay, May 2007


*An albumen print from the 1880's*

Source: ebay, Jan. 2007


*The Jama Masjid in its setting: a photogravure from 1892*

Source: ebay, Oct. 2005


A silver gelatin photo, c.1900

Source: ebay, Nov. 2007


*Shops outside the Jama Masjid, a visitor's photo, 1910's*

Source: ebay, Feb. 2007


A close look at the dome workmanship

Source: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=119311&page=6&pp=20
(downloaded May 2006)


Details of the calligraphy and ornamental work

Source: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=119311&page=6&pp=20
(downloaded May 2006)


A modern photographer's thoughtful interior view

Source: http://www.photo.net/photo/digital/nikon-d1
(downloaded Oct. 2004)



 

The back lanes behind the Jama Masjid

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(downloaded May 2006)


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