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DR. JOHN MURRAY
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DR. JOHN MURRAY

Principal Street at Agra

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DR. JOHN MURRAY
Principal Street at Agra
Salt print from a waxed paper negative. Early 1850s published 1857. Titled in pencil and with printed photographer's credit Photographed by J. Murray, M.D. Agra and publisher's credit London. Published Dec. 1, 1857 by J. Hogarth... on mount.
14 5/8 x 18½ in. (37.2 x 47 cm.)
Provenance
The Paul F. Walter Collection;
Christie's, London, Visions of India, 5 June 1996, lot 298
Literature
Pal & Dehejia, From Merchants to Emperors, pl. 203
See: Desmond, Victorian India in Focus, pl. 14
See: Hambourg, Apraxine et al., The Waking Dream, pl. 81 and p.303
Exhibited
New York, The Morgan Library and Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, From Merchants to Emperors, British Artists and India, 1757-1930, 1986-76.
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Lot Essay

A view from a high vantage point which appears modern for its date, concentrating attention as much on the vendors shaded by their canopies from the sun as on the varied street architecture. The inability of the camera to stop movement results in the blurred effect of most of the figures giving a hint of the bustle of activity associated with such a location.

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