Cootub Minar, Delhi

Abstract
View of Kutb Minar, a minaret that forms part of the Qutb Minar complex of monuments and buildings from the Delhi Sultanate at Mehrauli in Delhi, India. To its left stands Alai Darwaza (Gate of Alauddin), the southern gateway of the Quwwat-ul-Islam Mosque in the complex. In the right foreground, two men, one standing and one sitting on a rock, look on at the minaret and gateway from a short distance.
Contributor
Challis, Ebenezer, active 1831-1863 (Engraver), Elliot, Robert James, -1849 (Artist), Prout, Samuel, 1783-1852 (Artist), Jackson, Peter, active 1833-1843 (Publisher)
Date
1833
Department
Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
Dimensions
image 19 x 12 cm, plate mark 26 x 18 cm, sheet 28 x 22 cm
Last Modified
2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
Language
English
Materials
1 print
Notes
drawn by Saml. Prout ; sketched by Capt. R. Elliot, R.N. ; engraved by Ebenezer Challis. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
Provenance
Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Series
Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Fisher's drawing room scrap-book
Source
Plate from: Fisher's drawing room scrap-book, 1833. London : H. Fisher, R. Fisher, & P. Jackson, 1833, page 32.
Technique
engraving (printing process), etching (printing process)
Attribution
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IIIF Manifest
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