Printed caption reads: These form the principal part of the inner apartments of the palace built by Shah Jehan in the Fort. They are of white marble, and command a splendid view over the river Jumma, with the Taj Mahal in the distance.
Impey (1830-1904) served most of his career in Rajasthan, becoming the Assistant agent to the Governor General in Rajputana in 1856 and the political agent in Alwar in 1858. He published eighty-one photographs in a volume titled Delhi, Agra, and Rajpootana (Cundall, Downes and Co: London, 1865), with notes on the images.
