"Castle Tours: The Taj Mahal: VISIT INDIA"

Source: ebay, Apr. 2005


"Agra"

Source: ebay, July 2006





"India," a poster from the 1960's

Source: ebay, Aug. 2008


*The Taj as the supreme tourist attraction (lithograph c.1930)*

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(downloaded Apr. 2005)


Romantic viewers of the romantic view

Source: ebay, Nov. 2007



 

In 1971, the Encyclopedia Britannica officially anointed the Taj as one of the "wonders of mankind"

Source: ebay, June 2007


How could there not be a stamp?

Source: ebay, Apr. 2006


The Taj as an embroidery motif

Source: ebay, May 2006


A more elaborate version

Source: ebay, Nov. 2006


And why not do the Taj in color?

Source: ebay, Feb. 2007


A touch of the macabre: Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal seem to contemplate her tomb (bazaar art, c.1980's)

Source: ebay, Oct. 2007


In silver filigree, 2.92" tall, from Rajasthan

Source: ebay, June 2007


Joan Steiner's irresistible version, which gives new meaning to the phrase "onion dome" (photographed by FWP at Steiner's show in Albany, NY, July 2007; the flash reflection is not part of the work); CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR A VERY LARGE PHOTO


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