Mosque at Lucknow, Henry Salt, 1809

Mosque at lucknow. This aquatint was taken from plate 7 of henry salt's 'twenty four views in st. Helena, the cape, india, ceylon, the red sea, abyssinia and egypt'. The grand mosque of the bada imambara complex of lucknow was built in the eighteenth century. Viscount valentia (george annesley) wrote that it was "built of brick but is completely covered with so brilliant a chunam, that it is impossible to bear the lustre when the sun shine full upon it. The tops of the minarets and of the domes are gilt. It forms one side of a square. The other sides are composed of a palace, celebrated for a deep and wide well, the imaunbarah. And three light, fantastic gateways, with arches similar to those in the mosque. In the centre is an asiatic garden, divided into regular beds, by large walks of stone. " maps. 6. Tab. 24 no. 7 image taken from twenty-four views taken in st. Helena, the cape, india, ceylon, abyssinia, and egypt, by henry salt; engraved by havell, bluck, and hill. With descriptions. Engraver: john hill; l. Or i. Is an error on the plate. Rerefernce originally published/produced in 1809. Object Type: print. Date: 1809. Place of creation: London. Dimensions: height: 40 cm (15.7 in); width: 60 cm (23.6 in). Medium: lithograph. Depicted Place: Asfi Mosque. Collection: British Library. Mosque at Lucknow - Twenty-four Views by Henry Salt (1809), no.7 - BL