Lucknow: Memories of a CityViolette Graff Oxford University Press, 1999 - 299 pages This collection of pieces looks at 150 years of Lucknow's recent history, from its rise to grandeur during the Nawabi days to its political preeminent position today. |
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Page 50
... designs for ' The King of Lahore ' ( see Designs for the Dream King , Victoria & Albert Museum , 1978 : 30 , pls . 19 & 20 ) . While many escape at times to a dream world , few have the money and imagination to create one around them ...
... designs for ' The King of Lahore ' ( see Designs for the Dream King , Victoria & Albert Museum , 1978 : 30 , pls . 19 & 20 ) . While many escape at times to a dream world , few have the money and imagination to create one around them ...
Page 59
... designing some of the buildings of this period . In 1803 an English traveller noted that his ' chief gratification seems to be building palaces of an architecture that resembles Grecian , but as ... designs for Lucknow , City of Dreams / 59.
... designing some of the buildings of this period . In 1803 an English traveller noted that his ' chief gratification seems to be building palaces of an architecture that resembles Grecian , but as ... designs for Lucknow , City of Dreams / 59.
Page 60
... designs , and their execution , if indeed an architect was not employed , would have been carried out by engineers , or contractors organising a skilled workforce . One of the most interesting buildings is known only from a pencil ...
... designs , and their execution , if indeed an architect was not employed , would have been carried out by engineers , or contractors organising a skilled workforce . One of the most interesting buildings is known only from a pencil ...
Contents
The Awadh Regime the Mughals and the Countryside | 16 |
Lucknow City of Dreams | 49 |
Index 285 | 54 |
Copyright | |
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