Imperial City - ACE094.4

Scenes in India. Hardinge wanted Indian styles to predominate and preferred Pathan architecture: the mosque and tomb of Hasan Shah Sur. The Qutub Minar, sketch, details; Lutyens’s criticisms quoted VO. Sketches illustrating Lutyens’s argument that the addition of Moghul influences would not be appropriate. The Taj Mahal. Lutyens’s words VO. The Great Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh. Details of architectural features of the city of Fatehpur Sikri, west of Agra, the former Moghul capital, which gave Lutyens and Baker inspiration: chhaja (angled roof eave), jali (latticed stone window), chhatri (dome rooftop pavilion), balcony, etc. Caricature bust of Lutyens "made by his staff) and bronze bust of Baker (by Sir Charles Wheeler); their words on style and compromise VO. Cricket in Bombay. Gothic Revival architecture including Sir Gilbert Scott’s University buildings with Rajabai Clock Tower, and the Victoria (Chhatrapati Shivaji) Terminus by Frederick William Stevens. Lutyens’s criticisms VO.