Sergeant G.T. Sparke
1876
Khas Mahal, Agra
[Views of Agra]

Albumen print
20.3 x 27.6 cm (image)
 
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2702025
 
Photograph taken from a high vantage point. Garden in foreground, with pot plants and a foliage-covered arbour. The building is on a plinth and has a colonnaded central section.
 
Albert Edward, PoW. Souvenir of Agra, January 1876
 
Album presented to King Edward VII when Prince of Wales by Lady Katherine Strachey, wife of the Governor of the North West Provinces, India
 
[Alan Griffiths, 23 September 2019: Attribution made by Alan Griffiths based on the title page of Views of Agra where "G.T. Sharpe" is written. Sergeant G. T. Sparke was Drawing Master, Thomason Civil Engineering College, Roorkee 1871-85; Instructor in Photography 1873-78.]
 
LL/93431