Taj Mahal

Agra, Agra District, Uttar Pradesh Mughal funerary architecture; Islamicate garden tomb

Served from the stored corpus. Last scan Sep 29, 2026. Next scan Oct 29, 2026.

Historic photograph
1860s

East view, 1860s
Samuel Bourne photographed the Taj Mahal in the 1860s. This is the earliest photograph of the mausoleum stored here. Earlier painters’ views were not ingested.
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Retrieved 29 September 2026

Identification note
The article identifies the mausoleum at Agra. The Bourne photograph stored here is a separate source.
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1860s photographic campaign

Commercial photographic souvenir of the 1860s
Bourne’s Agra photographs circulated widely as souvenirs. This record stores one dated frame as photographic evidence of the standing tomb, not as a construction date.