Interesting example of Indian metalwork, with OT quiz!

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by olikara

Gene,

When we found it difficult to decipher the abbreviations ourselves, I doubt if the average Englishman of that time would have better luck!!

This must have been a commisioned piece maybe, for someone who came back to 'Old Blighty' after a long sojourn in India around the Delhi-Agra corridoor.

Nidhi

Hi Nidhi,

Thats a very good point about the abbreviations.
And the commision ideas. I could do with a 'long sojourn' in India myself!
The pictures of the observatory and Taj are so close to photgraphs that I wonder if the artist worked from souvenier postcards to produce them?
I mean, its not such a suprise with the Taj itself, or the shrine, but the observatory is an uncanny resemblance to the photograph you found, even the angle is the same.
The last picture is a puzzle...
I've been thinking about the initials 'M.O.T.O.D'
If the first word is monument, and the last Delhi, one of the O's could be Obelisk?
Here's a better pic with some barrel distortion removed to flatten it a bit.

It looks like a barracks or fort in some ways.


Regards
Gene